Trump: Obama ‘should’ve gotten’ Baghdadi

Published October 28, 2019 5:47pm ET



President Trump took a jab at the Obama administration for not capturing or killing Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Baghdadi killed himself as U.S. armed forces closed in on him in northwestern Syria, Trump announced Sunday morning.

Trump addressed the extremist leader’s death again on Monday during his speech addressing the International Association of Chiefs of Police at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

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