Trump claimed ISIS leader 'whimpered' in final moments. Top officials don't know where he got that detail
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi,Donald Trump,Syria,Terrorism,ISIS
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President Donald Trump asserted in his televised address from the White House Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "whimpering and crying " before ultimately detonating his suicide vest in a tunnel as US commandos closed in.
Trump painted the ISIS leader as a coward, describing in great detail how he "spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread, terrified of the American forces bearing down on him."
"He died like a dog. ...The world is now a much safer place," he added.
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