President Trump deserves significant credit for recent U.S. successes against top terrorist leaders. In just three months, three of the top global terrorists have been killed by U.S. action. At least to some degree, these successes reflect Trump’s more aggressive posture compared to that of the Obama administration.

First on the chopping block was Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. The Islamic State leader was hunted down in western Syria in October 2019, in an A-Squadron, Delta Force-led operation in which no Americans lost their lives. That Baghdadi died a coward also serves broader counterterrorism narratives well.