Trump claims The New York Times ‘foiled’ a bid to take out ISIS chief al-Baghdadi and slams their ‘sick agenda’
‘President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked The New York Times and its ‘sick agenda,’ alleging that one of the paper’s reports thwarted a US bid to take out Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
‘The Failing New York Times foiled US attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi. Their sick agenda over National Security,’ Trump wrote in one of a barrage of early morning tweets.
Trump did not expand on his charge against The Times, or explain what revelation by the daily is supposed to have hampered Baghdadi’s capture.
The New York Times told the Politico news site in a statement: ‘We have asked the White House to clarify the tweet.”
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