No, Trump did not kill Osama bin Laden

No, Donald Trump did not kill Osama bin Laden, despite claims by a Michigan congresswoman

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WASHINGTON – Donald Trump's supporters give him credit for lots of things

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but a Michigan member of Congress went way beyond reality in falsely claiming that Trump "caught" Osama bin Laden.

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"Caught Osama bin Laden and Soleimani, al-Baghdadi," said Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., during a Trump rally Saturday in Washington Township, Mich., in a speech in which she attacked President Joe Biden's foreign policy.

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Trump was a private citizen in 2011, when President Barack Obama authorised the mission that killed bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader and architect of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

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Biden was vice president at the time, and opposed the raid during internal deliberations because of uncertainty over whether bin Laden would be at the location of the raid.

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During his presidency, Trump authorized military operations that led to the deaths of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iranian military commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, and accused terrorist Hamza bin Laden – the son of bin Laden.

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