Trump Predicts Full Defeat of ISIS in Iraq, Syria by Next Week

President Donald Trump, (L) with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before speaking at the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS meeting, at the State Department, in Feb. 6, 2019. Alex Brandon/AP Photo

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a visit to the State Department on Feb. 6 that he is confident troops fighting ISIS will be announcing the 100 percent defeat of the self-proclaimed caliphate within a week.

“Nobody thought it was possible to do it this quickly,” Trump told members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at a meeting in Washington.