Published 20:48 IST, November 5th 2019
US President Donald Trump and his complicated relationship with dogs
The entire country is hailing the United States service dog, along with US President Donald Trump who seems to have a complicated relationship with 'dogs'.
The entire country is hailing the United States service dog, along with US President Donald Trump who has often showcased a complicated relationship with 'dogs'. Dogs who are more commonly referred to as 'man's best friend' has been used by President Trump to address the officials he has fired from the office and made him unhappy. Now, recently he called the service dog named Conan an 'American Hero' for his contribution in the secret Baghadi strike by the military on October 27. Donald Trump shared the image of Conan, applauding him for 'great job' a day after he referred to the ISIS caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a 'dog'.
'Beautiful wounded dog'
A day after announcing the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Donald Trump shared the picture of the US force dog that played a crucial role in the operation. Taking to Twitter, he said that it did a great job of capturing and killing the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. "Our 'K-9,' as they call it," Trump said, "I call it a dog. A beautiful dog, a talented dog was injured and brought back," Trump had said during his Sunday announcement.
President Trump confirmed earlier that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. Addressing a press conference, Trump had said that US forces carried out an operation in the north-west Syrian region of Idlib to kill ISIS chief Baghdadi and that no US soldier lost their lives. He also added that US force dogs played an important role in chasing Baghdadi who died 'like a coward', 'whimpering and crying''.
President Trump shares fake photo
Donald Trump faced massive backlash after he tweeted a fake picture of the dog involved in the Bagdadi raid getting medal of honour. On October 30, the United States President had tweeted a fake picture of the dog who was involved in counter-terrorism operations that led to the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In the photo shared by Trump, he can be seen honouring the dog with a medal. The photo was an altered version of an actual photograph and was edited by the Daily Wire, a conservative site. Later on October 31, Trump thanked the website for the recreation and informed that the dog, named Conan, will be leaving for the White House next week.
Updated 03:01 IST, November 5th 2019