Because they can't build a caliphate or hangout in the Middle East. When we came into the administration the first time eight years ago, the President said, destroy We destroyed the physical caliphate of ISIS in short order. So Africa is a little bit troubling, but it is also a metric proof of how successful we have been in the Middle east to squeeze the remnants of ISIS … (13:23–13:33)
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Claims that the Trump administration quickly dismantled ISIS's territorial control.
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