Fact check: Trump lies about his defense record in West Point speech
Trump falsely claims he eradicated ISIS and rebuilt a military that was depleted before he took office.
By Associated Press - June 15, 2020Trump falsely claims he eradicated ISIS and rebuilt a military that was depleted before he took office.
By Associated Press - June 15, 2020Family members of Americans detained by foreign governments are less satisfied with the attention and information they receive than are relatives of hostages held by militant or criminal groups.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2020Trump said his administration ‘single-handedly’ saved the Philippines from ISIS control. That is false.
By Associated Press - February 15, 2020Efforts to contain ISIS were already strained, but the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani strained them even more.
By Associated Press - January 08, 2020Trump has repeatedly claimed ISIS is ‘100% defeated.’
By Dan Desai Martin - November 25, 2019The military campaign against ISIS is far from finished, even after al-Baghdadi’s death.
By Associated Press - October 28, 2019With the U.S. withdrawal and Kurdish forces scattered, the terror group is establishing a new foothold in the region.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 18, 2019Trump told Graham to stop criticizing his decision to pull troops from Syria and instead focus on investigating Trump’s pet conspiracy theories.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2019It’s become too dangerous for the humanitarian group to operate in the region amid an offensive Turkish military strike.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 15, 2019Mitch McConnell says he is ‘gravely concerned’ about Trump’s actions, but he doesn’t want to blame Trump.
By Oliver Willis - October 14, 2019Trump is blaming the Kurds for the prison break.
By Emily Singer - October 14, 2019Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces could cause thousands of ISIS prisoners to be set free.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 10, 2019Former head of CENTCOM Gen. Joseph Votel slammed Trump for abandoning America’s Kurdish allies despite their work to fight ISIS.
By Oliver Willis - October 08, 2019Even one of Trump’s closest political allies says leaving the Kurds will ‘lead to ISIS reemergence.’
By Oliver Willis - October 07, 2019The Department of Defense revealed that up to 18,000 ISIS fighters are operating in Iraq and Syria.
By Oliver Willis - August 08, 2019Insulting allies probably isn’t the best way to win them over.
By Oliver Willis - April 30, 2019ISIS is claiming credit for an attack that killed more than 300 people — just after Trump said the terrorist network was completely defeated.
By Oliver Willis - April 23, 2019ISIS apparently didn’t get Trump’s memo that they had been ‘100 percent’ defeated in Syria.
By Oliver Willis - March 22, 2019The general leading America’s fight against ISIS makes it clear that Trump has been lying about victory.
By Oliver Willis - February 11, 2019Trump spent 24 hours attacking America’s intelligence leaders for contradicting him — and then tried to claim they’re all on the same page after all.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 31, 2019American intelligence chiefs humiliated Trump for being completely wrong about the threats facing our country, and now Trump is lashing out at them.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 30, 2019On North Korea, Iran, ISIS, Russia, and so many other topics, Trump is either ignorant of the facts or flat-out lying.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 29, 2019Trump’s own former envoy to the global anti-ISIS coalition says Trump is lying about ISIS.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 22, 2019And he said nothing about the service members who lost their lives.
By Oliver Willis - January 16, 2019Trump refuses to listen to advisers when they want him to get tough with Putin.
By Eric Boehlert - April 05, 2018Trump’s daily White House chaos is hurting the U.S. military’s ability to fight ISIS.
By Eric Boehlert - March 30, 2018Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told Morning Joe that she has personally seen Trump’s “secret plan” to defeat ISIS, and that Trump will happily explain the specifics if asked to, but not so much that he’ll give away all his secrets to ISIS in the process. He certainly has a plan, I’ve heard it. That […]
By Tommy Christopher - September 28, 2016