President Trump said Friday that the U.S. military has hit the Islamic State harder over the last few days following the deadly terror attack in New York City, after the terror group called the attacker “a Soldier of the Caliphate.”
“ISIS just claimed the Degenerate Animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side, was ‘their soldier,'” Trump tweeted. “Based on that, the Military has hit ISIS “much harder” over the last two days. They will pay a big price for every attack on us!”
However, daily strike totals released by U.S. Central Command show no increase in totals over the past week. Totals typically hover between five and 15 on a given day. The strike total on Nov. 1 was 11, followed by 13 on Thursday.
ISIS just claimed the Degenerate Animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side, was “their soldier.” …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017
…Based on that, the Military has hit ISIS “much harder” over the last two days. They will pay a big price for every attack on us!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017
Trump repeated the claim while speaking to reporters before boarding an aircraft at the White House. “They claimed him as a soldier, good luck. Every time they hit us, we know it’s ISIS, we hit them like you folks won’t believe,” he said. “We are hitting them 10 times harder.”
SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors terror networks, said ISIS made no claim of support for the attack, but rather said it had inspired the suspect to act.
The suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, 29, drove a rented Home Depot truck onto a bike path Wednesday, killing eight and wounding 12.
