The raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may not stay under wraps for long.
Baghdadi was killed in a Saturday evening U.S. military operation, President Trump confirmed Sunday morning. Trump later watched video footage of the raid, which he described as like "a movie," and then said he was "considering" releasing "certain parts" of that footage to the public.
"We're thinking about it," Trump said when asked if he'd put out the footage he saw of Baghdadi's death to the public. "We may take certain parts of it and release it," he continued.
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On Sunday, Trump said he'd watched footage of Baghdadi "screaming, crying, and whimpering" as commandos closed in. But even if part of that raid is released, the chances of the public replicating Trump's experience are next to impossible, seeing as there actually was no sound in the footage Trump saw.
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