CNN reports:
President Donald Trump claimed Friday morning that the United States military is hitting ISIS “much harder” after an alleged ISIS-inspired attacker drove a truck down a bike lane in New York, killing eight, though he didn’t provide any evidence.
Trump, in a series of tweets ahead of his five-country, 12-day trip to Asia, labeled the accused attacker, 29-year-old Uzbek national Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a “Degenerate Animal.”
ISIS claimed some responsibility Thursday for the attack, labeling Saipov a “Soldier of the Caliphate” in the group’s weekly newspaper, al-Naba. ISIS did not provide any credible evidence that it had knowledge of the attack before it happened or that ISIS was involved in planning, and the article did not name the attacker.
ISIS just claimed the Degenerate Animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side, was “their soldier.” …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017
…Based on that, the Military has hit ISIS “much harder” over the last two days. They will pay a big price for every attack on us!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017
Trump on ISIS after NY attack: "We are hitting them 10 times harder." As @adegrandpre points out, CENTCOM daily strike totals show no change
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) November 3, 2017
Trump says military has hit ISIS 'much harder' since NYC attack. Data doesn't back that up. https://t.co/gjNt7LflX4
— Tim Perone (@timperone) November 3, 2017
Trump just now on ISIS. Sounds like the old "The wall just got ten feet higher!" line from campaign rallies. pic.twitter.com/JzsK0HdxoL
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) November 3, 2017