United States has dealt Islamic State terror group firmly: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that the United States has dealt Islamic State terror group one crushing defeat after another. Earlier this year in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Trump spoke to the leaders of more than 50 Arab and Muslim nations about strategy to defeat terrorists by stripping them of financing, territory, and ideological support. 

Mr. Trump urged the leaders to drive out the terrorists and extremists from their societies. Since that time, dealt Islamic State one crushing defeat after another. Mr. Trump said this in a televised



address to the nation, a day after he returned from a nearly two-week Asia trip.

Mr. Trump said when he came into office nearly 10 months ago, America was faced with a series of growing dangers. He said these threats included rogue regimes pursuing deadly weapons, foreign powers challenging America's influence, the spread of the murderous terror group Islamic State Group, and years of unfair trade practices that had dangerously depleted our manufacturing base and wiped out millions and millions of middle-class jobs.