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    Get Used to Trump Talking About Baghdadi

    The president’s detailed account of the raid that killed the leader of ISIS will almost certainly be a fixture on the campaign trail.
    by Peter Nicholas Oct 28, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Andrew Harnik / AP

    It was the cinematic moment Donald Trump had been craving at this perilous point in his presidency—and when it arrived, he made sure it didn’t go to waste. President Trump’s vivid—perhaps too vivid?—re-creation of the U.S. Special Forces raid that killed the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Saturday night is sure to become a go-to story for the remainder of his time in office, and figure prominently into his messaging as he seeks reelection next year.

    Ever the showman, Trump began building suspense Saturday night, tweeting that “Something very big has just happened!” Shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday morning, the president appeared in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House and, with all the gritty detail he could muster—disclosures that

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