President Donald Trump has had at least 10 'mission-accomplished' moments in the U.S.-led fight against ISIS—which, though largely destroyed, continues to fight.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared victory over the Islamic State militant group throughout his term, even as embattled jihadis continued to put up resistance to U.S.-backed forces.
Trump ignored those regions in his remarks, indicating only"a tiny spot" that represented the final ISIS stronghold of Baghouz in Syria's far eastern Deir ez-Zor province. He predicted that"the caliphate is gone as of tonight" and, in comments that have become familiar to observers, the White House declared Friday that ISIS was"100 percent defeated."
The following month, the Syrian government—which waged a separate campaign backed by Iran and Russia against ISIS and other, once-U.S.-backed rebels—declared victory over ISIS. A month after that, the Iraqi government made its own victory speech. Even Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that he and his allies"defeated the most battle-ready grouping of international terrorists" that same December, more than a year ago.
President Donald Trump holds up a map detailing territory losses by ISIS in Syria as he speaks following a tour of the Lima Army Tank Plant at Joint Systems Manufacturing in Lima, Ohio, March 20. This map compared losses from 2017—the first year of Trump's presidency—to 2019 and included large gray splashes of"residual ISIS presence" omitted from the March 22 map.
He told a press a September 2018 press conference in New York that"we have defeated ISIS, essentially, very short while ago in the Middle East." The following month, told the Associated Press"we've defeated ISIS, ISIS is defeated in all of the areas that we fought ISIS, and that would have never happened under President Obama." Trump was soon joined by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who proclaimed"there is no ISIS in Syria" during a speech in November.
Trump appeared to again step back as the White House announced that around 200 troops would remain in Syria, which was joined by Russia and Iran in again calling for an immediate U.S. exit. Trump told NBC News in January that he had"beaten ISIS," but speaking before members of the U.S.-led coalition early last month, he said that"it should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 percent of the caliphate.
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