Trump Bizarrely Takes Credit for Flagging Osama bin Laden Before 9/11

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In a meandering speech to commemorate the Navy's 250th birthday on Sunday, Trump rehashed his years-old claim that he was ahead of the curve when it came to Osama bin Laden, the infamous founder of terrorist group al-Qaeda.
50% : " Trump has made this claim several times since the publication of his book, The America We Deserve, in 2000.
50% : Though Trump does mention bin Laden in his book, he didn't say that the militant leader should have been killed.
50% : "One day we're told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named Osama bin Laden is public enemy Number One, and U.S. jetfighters lay waste to his camp in Afghanistan," Trump wrote in his book.
50% : " In 2021, Trump dismissed bin Laden as only having "one hit" while touting the terrorists killed during his first administration.
50% : "We took out the founder of ISIS, al-Baghdadi, and then of course Soleimani," Trump said in an interview at the time, adding that Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was "bigger by many, many times" than bin Laden.

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