NBC’S ALLEN SMITH IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN SOME STUNNING MOMENTS
FROM THE SUNDAY NEWS CONFERENCE.
>> YESTERDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP
HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO
ANNOUNCE THAT THE U.S. HAD TAKEN
OUT ABU BAKR AL BAGHDADI, THE
MOST WANTED TERRORIST IN THE
WORLD, THE LEADER OF ISIS.
AND HE BEGAN IN SOMEWHAT
STANDARD PROCEDURE GIVING A
BRIEF STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE
DEATH, SAYING WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
AND LAUNCHED INTO THEN A NEARLY
40-MINUTE QUESTION AND ANSWER
SESSION WITH REPORTERS.
DURING THE COURSE OF THIS EVENT,
BROKE OFF FROM MORE TRADITIONAL
MINIMAL INFORMATION AS NECESSARY
PROVIDED SORT OF DEAL AND
INSTEAD WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL
ABOUT BAGHDADI’S DEATH, THE
OPERATIONAL TACTICS USED.
A MOMENT THAT DEFINITELY TOOK
PEOPLE BY NOTICE WAS WHEN THE
PRESIDENT SAID THAT BAGHDADI
DIED LIKE A DOG.
>> BAGHDADI WAS VICIOUS AND
VIOLENT AND HE DIED IN A VICIOUS
AND VIOLENT WAY.
AS A COWARD RUNNING AND CRYING.
HE DIED LIKE A DOG.
HE DIED LIKE A COWARD.
>> TYPICALLY YOU WOULD NOT HAVE
SUCH DETAIL ABOUT THE PERSON’S
DEATH DISCLOSED BUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAW THIS NECESSARY
INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THE
PUBLIC AND HE WENT INTO GREAT
DETAIL.
DETAIL. >> WHEN WE LANDED WITH EIGHT
HELICOPTERS, A LARGE CREW OF
BRILLIANT FIGHTERS RAN OUT OF
THOSE HELICOPTERS AND BLEW HOLES
INTO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING
NOT WANTING TO GO THROUGH THE
MAIN DOOR BECAUSE THAT WAS
BOOBY-TRAPPED.
BOOBY-TRAPPED. >> THIS AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT
WOULD NOT TYPICALLY BE
DISCLOSED.
DISCLOSED. THE PRESIDENT HAS THE RIGHT TO
REVEAL AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
THEY WANT ABOUT A MILITARY
OPERATION.
OPERATION. AND THEN TRUMP WENT INTO THE
GRANDIZED PORTION OF THE
COMMENTS.
COMMENTS. >> HAMSA -- BIN LADEN WAS A BIG
THING, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST
THERE IS.
THERE IS. THIS IS THE WORST EVER.
OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS BIG BUT
OSAMA BIN LADEN BECAME BIG WITH
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
>> HE WANTED TO MAKE THE DIRECT
CONTRAST TO WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAD KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN AND
THEN IN A WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS DESERVING OF MORE PRAISE FOR
ELIMINATING THE WORLD’S CURRENT
NUMBER ONE TERRORIST THREAT.
NOW, DURING THOSE REMARKS HE
ALSO MADE MENTION OF HOW HAMSA
BIN LADEN WAS TALL AND VERY
HANDSOME LIKE HIS FATHER.
AGAIN, GOING INTO GREAT
DESCRIPTIVE DETAIL ON OTHER
TERRORISTS IN A WAY THAT JUST
CAME ACROSS AS SLIGHTLY BIZARRE.
>> AND THEN I ALSO WANTED HAMSA
BIN LADEN BECAUSE HE’S A YOUNG
MAN, AROUND 30, LOOKS JUST LIKE
HIS FATHER, TALL, VERY HANDSOME.
>> HE ALSO THEN WENT INTO A
DISCUSSION OF HIS BOOKS.
>> TO THIS DAY I GET PEOPLE
COMING UP TO ME, THEY SAY YOU
KNOW WHAT ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN
ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU PREDICTED
THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN HAD TO BE
KILLED BEFORE HE KNOCKED DOWN
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY
BOOK, I THINK IT WAS "THE
AMERICA WE DESERVE," I MADE A
PREDICTION AND I -- LET’S PUT IT
THIS WAY.
THIS WAY. IF THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO
ME, A LOT OF THINGS WOULD HAVE
BEEN DIFFERENT.
BEEN DIFFERENT. >> IN REALITY HE ONLY MADE A
PASSING REFERENCE TO BIN LADEN
IN HIS BOOK AND IT WAS AT A TIME
WHEN BIN LADEN WAS ALREADY KNOWN
TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT, THOUGH HE
WAS NOT TAKEN OUT IN SOME WAY
BEFORE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
ATTACKS CAME TO FRUITION.
>> A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THEY WERE
ABLE TO SCOPE HIM OUT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY SMART.
THEY’RE NOT INTO THE USE OF CELL
PHONES ANYMORE.
PHONES ANYMORE. THEY’RE VERY TECHNICALLY
BRILLIANT.
BRILLIANT. YOU KNOW, THEY USE THE INTERNET
BETTER THAN ALMOST ANYBODY IN
THE WORLD, PERHAPS OTHER THAN
THAN DONALD TRUMP.
>> CONTRASTING HIMSELF WITH ISIS
WAS A VERY INTERESTING CHOICE OF
CONTRAST.
CONTRAST. THIS IS IN MANY WAYS AN ATYPICAL
WAY TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF A
MAJOR TERRORIST CAPTURED AND