Official says ISIS leader al-Baghdadi 'whimpering' and 'crying' before his death sounds like something Trump 'made up'

• In front of a campaign rally crowd in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Friday, President Donald Trump once again asserted that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "trembling" and "crying" before his death.
• Several Defense Department officials told The New York Times, on the condition of anonymity, that they did not see evidence or reports that support some details in the president's account of the terrorist leader's execution. They were also unaware if President Donald Trump had spoken to any of the commandos that took part in the raid before he announced it the next morning.
• "I don't know how he would know that," one senior official who is "deeply familiar" with the matter told The Times. "It sounds like something he made up."
• Earlier this week, the US Central Command released footage of the operation. Business Insider's David Choi reported that "no US soldiers were killed during the operation, but a military working dog was injured by live electrical cables after al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest in a tunnel."
• Presidential historian Mark Updegrove, told The Times that he thinks Trump "has to continue to add to the inherent drama of the moment, not only bragging about the despot being brought to justice but happening in the most humiliating way."
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In front of a crowd in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Friday President Donald Trump once again asserted that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "trembling" and "crying" before his death.

But defense officials say they don't know where that claim came from.

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