State Dept.: Trump Policies Brought 'Dramatic' Gains Against ISIS

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Aggressive steps taken by the Trump administration have brought "dramatically accelerated" gains against the Islamic State in the last six months, a top State Department official said. Brett McGurk, senior envoy to the U.S.-backed coalition, told reporters Friday that actions taken by President Donald Trump — including pushing decision-making down to field commanders — have resulted in about 8,000 square miles being reclaimed in Iraq and Syria. McGurk's comments were reported by the Washington Post.

So far, ISIS has lost 27,000 square miles — 78 percent of its holdings in Iraq and 58 percent in Syria — since the group's peak control in early 2015, he said. In addition, ISIS terrorists have been driven out of 45 percent of Raqqa, since U.S.-backed forces began their offensive two months ago. Airstrikes by U.S. and coalition forces have been most successful in aiding Syrian Democratic Forces, consisting of Kurdish and Arab fighters, the Post reports.

McGurk, who held the same position in the Obama White House, cited "key changes" under President Trump that have brought about the ISIS changes.

State Dept.: Trump Policies Brought 'Dramatic' Gains Against ISIS

 

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"Thank you President Trump for keeping your word and bearing down on Obama's pals, ISIS, in spite of the fact that the democrats and the media have devoted themselves to your destruction.

Thank you President Trump for proving the media wrong, those who would claim you are lazy, just one more hateful deception by people that are supposed to search out and report truth, not demonstrate each day how much lower they can sink into their anti-American liberal agenda."