President Donald Trump announced late Friday that U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out an operation that killed a global ISIS leader.
Trump identified the terrorist as Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as ISIS’s second-in-command globally.
"Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. ---More...
???? NOW! The U.S. military just dropped EPIC new footage of a President Trump ordered strike that obliterated ISIS global #2 commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in Nigeria!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 16, 2026
LFG!
I voted for this ???????? pic.twitter.com/FjdekawYkV