| | | Here's how much ground ISIS has lost since Trump took over - WINNING!
Washington Examiner ^ | Dec 23, 2017 | Jamie McIntyre
The defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria rapidly accelerated during President Trump’s first year in office, beginning with the fall of East Mosul on Jan. 25, and continuing with a cascading series of defeats for the brutal terrorist group over the next 11 months. The campaign liberated twice as many people and twice as much territory as in the previous 28 months under President Barack Obama, according to Defense Department figures. On Jan. 20 — the day Trump was inaugurated — an estimated 35,000 ISIS fighters held approximately 17,500 square miles of territory in both Iraq and...
"So right now, clearly ISIS is getting broken," Mattis told reporters on Dec. 15. "I think there's still problems, the fight is not over with them, don't believe it when somebody says that ISIS is completely down. We're continuing to fight them, they're on the run, they can't hold against our alliance at all."
ISIS territory lost under Obama vs. Trump
Obama administration*Trump administration**|
| Square miles liberated from ISIS | 13,200 | 26,800 | | Square miles still held by ISIS | 17,500 | 1,930 | | Estimated number of ISIS fighters | 35,000 | 1,000 | | Number of people freed | 2.4 million | 5.3 million | | Number of coalition bombs dropped | 65,731 | 38,993 | | Number of U.S. killed in action | 8 | 5 | | | | | Source: Defense Department | *Sept. 2014-Jan. 20, 2017 | **Jan. 21-Dec. 21 |
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