Ex-National Security Figures Worry Trump’s Tone on Baghdadi Might Provoke Violent Reactions

patrick.goodenough | October 27, 2019
Font Size

President Trump’s scornful description of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the final moments of his life was an inappropriate “piling on” that could prompt his followers around the world to “lash out possibly more harshly,” former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Winnefeld said on Sunday.

donate