Trump Confirms ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Killed in US Raid: ‘He Died Like a Coward’

President Donald Trump makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Oct. 27, 2019. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

President Donald Trump confirmed the death of ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an overnight raid in northern Syria.

“Last night the United States brought the world’s No. 1 terrorist to justice,“ Trump said in a press conference on Sunday morning. ”Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS.”