Trump is absolutely right to brag about neutralizing Baghdadi

Published November 5, 2019 3:49pm ET



For whatever other foreign policy faux pas his critics wish to disdain, there’s no question that President Trump’s successful slaughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was not just a bipartisan victory but one on behalf of the entire Western world.

Trump has wisely begun to campaign on this signature achievement, as his predecessor did before him, using his best instincts to boast about the raid in detail.

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