Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Friday rolled out his achievement as his tenure comes to an end on January 20 when incoming President Joe Biden is expected to be inaugurated.
The list of accomplishments includes the killing of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general assassinated in a US strike on January 3, 2020.
Soleimani headed the Quds force, the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran promised that all those included in his killing would face retribution.
But Trump said his administration “defeated terrorists, held leaders accountable for malign actions, and bolstered peace around the world”.
“Defeated 100 percent of ISIS’ territorial caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Freed nearly 8 million civilians from ISIS’ bloodthirsty control, and liberated Mosul, Raqqa, and the final ISIS foothold of Baghuz. Killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and eliminated the world’s top terrorist, Qasem Soleimani,” the president said in a lengthy list cataloguing his feats.
He also said his administration brought an economic growth by bringing jobs, factories, and industries back to the US.
“Imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods to protect American jobs and stop China’s abuses under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974,” he added.
The Republican in office said for the first time in almost 70 years, the United States become a net energy exporter while drug prices slashed for the first time in 51 years.
