President Trump said he ordered precision air strikes on Saturday morning targeting a “senior ISIS Attack planner” and others the unnamed individual recruited and led in Somalia.
“These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump posted on social media. “The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.”
Trump did not name the individual who was targeted in the strike. The Pentagon did not immediately provide additional details about the strikes.
“The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’ Trump posted.
Trump’s announcement came as he was at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla.
ISIS has been severely degraded by a U.S.-led campaign in Iraq and Syria, but the terrorist group has rebounded in recent years and claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks across the world in 2024. Authorities said the man who was responsible for a deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day was radicalized by ISIS.
While Trump has issued blunt warnings to terrorist groups like ISIS, he has also signaled the U.S. should take a hands-off approach to Syria following the collapse of the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
“We’re not involved in Syria. Syria’s its own mess. They’ve got enough messes over there. They don’t need us involved in every one,” Trump told reporters on Thursday.
