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Here we go again

President Donald Trump took credit for the fact that ISIS is in retreat during an interview Tuesday, claiming that ISIS wasn't on the run before because "you didn't have Trump as your president."

The comment comes as US-backed forces fighting ISIS in Raqqa said "major military operations" in the city have ended and that the jihadists have lost control of their self-declared capital

"I totally changed rules of engagement. I totally changed our military, I totally changed the attitudes of the military and they have done a fantastic job," Trump said on "The Chris Plante Show." "ISIS is now giving up, they are giving up, there are raising their hands, they are walking off. Nobody has ever seen that before."

When Plante asked why that hadn't happened before, Trump took the bait.
"Because you didn't have Trump as your president," he said. "It was a big difference, there was a big, big difference if you look at the military now."

But Trump has often skimmed over the fact that the ISIS campaign began under former President Barack Obama -- including operations to retake both ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

While Trump was quick to attribute the success against ISIS to his own impact on the US military, he failed to highlight the fact that the fight in Iraq and Syria has long been led by an array of local forces -- with the US and coalition members acting in a supporting role.

"I changed rules of engagement about a month ago and we are fighting now to win as opposed to fighting to stay there. We were losing, now we are winning," Trump said.

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[brian577]

Go Fuck Yourself

 

[Karkador]

History is written by those who mangle the information enough

 

[ahdurian]

What a shit

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

Fuck off you sad piece of shit

 

[JaseMath]

What a pompous asshole.

 

[rjinaz]

Wow. And all in a month too! Thank you dear leader.

 

[dc89]

Trump :lol
But I’m glad ISIS are pretty much done for now

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Totally.

 

[KernelPanic]

Watch his approval rating go up

 

[Nokterian]

I have migraine since yesterday, my migraine hasn't gone away after reading more dumb shit from this orange cunt.

 

[Manu]

Of course he fucking did.

 

[fluffydelusions]

 

[UnemployedVillain]

History is written by those who mangle the information enough

No one is going to be recording Trump's lies as truths in anything remotely respectable

 

[sphagnum]

Literally just following Obama's military strategy now = total change of strategy.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

The dude is going to ride Obama’s legacy into the sunset.

I wonder where his statue will be?

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Is he aware that they didn't so much "give up" as lose a battle in which thousands of people died?

 

[WaterAstro]

I feel like we should have an entirely new forum dedicated to Trump because he says too much shit. The dude is literally an E3 every day.

 

[Majine]

This guy is just unbelievable. A cartoon character.

 

[echoshifting]

Everything good is thanks to dear leader
Everything bad is because of the last guy and the fake news and the failing congress and the liberals and the illegal immigrants and

 

[adamantypants]

Well I can't disagree with him. He's divided our country so much that we're literally killing each other already. They don't even have to try anymore.

 

[Soroc]

Why won't a journalist take him to task? Stop letting him bullshit these non answers. If he says he's the reason the Military is different. Stop the interview right there and start grilling him for a detailed answer, don't move on and don't follow the deflection or projection. Someone make a total ass out of this pos until he up and walks off the interview like he's done countless times in his life when he's caught looking stupid.

 

[CHC]

I mean, in the sense that he is destroying Western civilization, then sure I will give him credit.

 

[Usobuko]

History is written by those who mangle the information enough

Those who would lead prefer that history suit their needs, and rewrite it to see that it does.

 

[xxracerxx]

What a turd.

 

[Majine]

Why won't a journalist take him to task? Stop letting him bullshit these non answers. If he says he's the reason the Military is different. Stop the interview right there and start grilling him for a detailed answer, don't move on and don't follow the deflection or projection. Someone make a total ass out of this pos until he up and walks off the interview like he's done countless times in his life when he's caught looking stupid.

He wants repeat gigs.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

The good news is my anxiety/depression meds are starting to work. And that's not a joke.

 

[yanipheonu]

 

[Red Liquorice]

Fragile. Child. Ego.

 

[buttery fistful]

Of course, propaganda

 

[Dishwalla]

The military hasn't even changed, the only thing that changed was a new Commander in Chi- oh I get it.

 

[Brandon F]

Biff Tannen, our president.

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

It wouldn't be Trump if he didn't take credit for other people's successes.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

The sad thing is he really do believe this, because he has no clue how any of this works

 

[Mechanized]

ISIS doesn't need to destroy America anymore, Trump is doing too much of good job with that all on his own.

 

[Angelus Errare]

No one is going to be recording Trump's lies as truths in anything remotely respectable

I mean Reagan is seen as I've of the greatest Presidents and he was a piece of shit so I wouldn't be so sure about Trump

 

[F0rneus]

The sad part is, he 100% believes that. He's a narcissistic sociopath.

 

[Exile20]

Me me me me me me me me

 

[Syf]

lol, such a buffoon

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Needs the one where he's small.

 

[Green Yoshi]

Biff Tannen, our president.

Literally.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-20151021

 

[magawolaz]

"I totally changed rules of engagement. I totally changed our military, I totally changed the attitudes of the military and they have done a fantastic job,"

Cringing so hard.

 

[ReAxion]

they just passed you the baton, buddy.

 

[the_darkness]

Another smack for the 75% of eligible adults who didn't vote for Hillary. You are all morons.

 

[Protein]

They should put him on the front lines then. A true king fights in the vanguard.

 

[Vuapol]

Just shut the fuck up already Donny.

 

[Azuran]

He golfed them to death.

 

[Skellig Gra]

 

[hipbabboom]

A face hasn't seemed so punchable since Ted Cruiz

 

[Replicant]

This latex abomination is so gross, inside and out. Narcissistic to the N-th degree.