Melania Trump watched 2019 ISIS raid from scenario room, steered 'hero canine' story in media

Melania Trump in October 2019 sat in and watched the U.S. raid that led to the dying of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a compound in Syria, based on a brand new memoir set for launch this week.

The then-first girl was sitting straight contained in the White Home Scenario Room and later steered that the administration promote a narrative concerning the “hero canine” concerned within the raid.

The small print of the scene are included in “Soldier Secretary,” a memoir by former Appearing Secretary of Protection Christopher Miller set for launch on Tuesday. The Hill obtained a sophisticated copy of the e-book.

Miller, who in 2019 was the Particular Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Transnational Threats, writes that Melania Trump joined a number of top-ranking officers to observe the raid from the scenario room.

Contained in the room have been her husband, then-President Trump, together with Vice President Mike Pence, Protection Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Mark Milley.

“Her presence was sudden, to say the least,” Miller wrote. “I puzzled how it will play within the press if phrase bought out that the primary girl had popped in to observe a serious army operation.”

A number of folks within the room started throwing out predictions and offering commentary concerning the raid as U.S. forces closed in on the compound the place al-Baghdadi was hiding, together with a graphic description that Miller stated brought on the primary girl to look “up in horror.”

The raid ended when U.S. troops, led into the compound by a fight canine named Conan, cornered al-Baghdadi, who blew himself up with an explosive vest whereas holding two of his kids. Two of his wives additionally died within the explosion.

President Trump requested how the our bodies can be dealt with, expressing considerations about ISIS casting the 2 girls who have been killed as harmless casualties, however Milley stated they might pulverize the constructing, based on Miller.

When the president requested how they need to announce the success, Melania Trump steered that he make a public assertion from the Diplomatic Room the following morning in the course of the Sunday information exhibits.

“You must speak concerning the canine,” Melania Trump instructed her husband within the room, based on Miller’s account. “Everybody loves canine.”

The “hero canine” story was broadly circulated within the media after information retailers reported Conan was injured by an uncovered dwell wire.

President Trump additionally talked about Conan in the course of the press briefing the following day, referring to him as a “great” and “gifted” canine who had been wounded within the raid.

The previous president later honored Conan throughout a White Home ceremony in November 2019.

“Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon about America’s Most Harmful Enemies,” will likely be launched on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and is accessible for pre-order on Amazon.