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Trump’s Uncanny Streak Of Good Luck Continues

Things really looked dismal for the President in the past couple of weeks. Now, due to one swift action by the U.S. military, they don’t.

Eric J Scholl
3 min readOct 28, 2019

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Just as the walls seem to really be closing in on the President, U.S. special forces take out the founder of ISIS.

We’re not saying Trump doesn’t deserve full credit. It happened under his watch. He gets the credit. Just as he should for everything that happens under his watch.

So we’re not going to lampoon his giddy, boast-filled announcement, and how he made a point of pointing out how he outdid Obama since Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a bigger catch than Osama bin Laden. Or how he, Trump, was the one who suggested the U.S. Government go after Bin Laden in the first place. (If you want to watch it, you can click here).

We’re also not saying taking out the founder of ISIS is the result of pure luck (although there’s usually an element of that with this type of operation). It’s usually a fortuitous outcome of hard field work, meticulous planning, and precise execution.

And most of the time at least, the decision to move is one of opportunity, not political expediency. And we completely believe that was the case, in this case. It’s not like he

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Eric J Scholl
Eric J Scholl

Written by Eric J Scholl

Peabody award winning journalist. Streaming media pioneer. Played @ CBGB back in the day. Editor-In-Chief "The Chaos Report" www.thechaosreport.com

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