- Donald Trump said he may release the footage of the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi amid questions about his description of it
- ‘We may take certain parts of it and release it,’ he said
- President Trump watched the operation to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi via drone
- He saw special forces raid the ISIS leader’s compound in Idlib, Syria, from above
- Without body cam clips or live audio Trump would not have seen final moments
- He described Baghdadi dying ‘whimpering and crying and screaming..like a dog’
Donald Trump said on Monday he may release the footage of the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi amid questions about his description of it.
‘We’re thinking about it. We may. The question was, am I considering releasing video footage of the raid. And we may take certain parts of it and release it, yes,’ the president told reporters at Joint Base Andrews as he prepared to leave for Chicago, where he will address an annual police officers meeting and attend party fundraisers.
President Trump watched the special forces operation to kill al-Baghdadi via drone footage, instead of a body-worn camera, so did not see the moment the ISIS leader died, according to military and intelligence officials.
Trump announced the success of the raid in a press conference, saying that Baghdadi died ‘whimpering and crying and screaming’, and ‘like a dog and a coward’.