“This Day is a victory for the United States, a victory for Iraq, and a decisive victory over ISIS, which has been completely decimated by the Trump Administration, First Term, along with other very bad and dangerous players.”

Donald TrumpForeign Policy

CredMeter Fact Check Verdict

Fact Check Performed On October 1, 2026

EXAGGERATION

ISIS lost its last territory in March 2019, but it was not wiped out. On the day of the Iraq withdrawal, Fox News reported that thousands of ISIS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria and that the counter-ISIS campaign continues from Jordan and in Syria.

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