'What planet are you living on?' Sarah Sanders blasted over 'dangerous' claim that Trump defeated Isis
"Defeat of Isis?!? What about the legalisation of unicorns?" one Twitter user wrote.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has once again found herself in hot water over a tweet claiming Donald Trump has defeated the Islamic State (Isis) in his first year as US president. On Sunday, 17 December, Sanders took to Twitter to question which stories were the most "underreported" in Trump's first year in office.
She listed "Defeat of Isis" and "Booming Trump economy" as options in the tweet.
Her unsubstantiated claim in the post did not seem to go down well with Twitter and Sanders was lambasted for it. Many criticised her for the proclamation in light of the recent attempted Isis suicide bombing at the Port Authority bus terminal in New York City last week.
Akayed Ullah, 27, who pledged allegiance to Isis, set off a homemade pipe bomb that he was wearing, which was only partially detonated. Five people were injured in the incident.
Others pointed out that the US military still has thousands of overseas troops stationed across the Middle East that are still fighting the powerful terrorist group.
Many responded to Sanders' question with their own options, such as Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 US presidential election or the sexual assault allegations against Trump.
"When did we defeat Isis? What date and time because legit the entire f**king planet missed it," one Twitter user commented.
Another said, "It's very dangerous to claim Isis is defeated. Some gains were made but we must be ever vigilant to prevent another 9/11, and we've made more enemies than friends in the Middle East lately."
"Trump hasn't defeated Isis and the economy is Obama's legacy," one person tweeted.
Another user wrote, "Defeat of Isis?!? What about the legalisation of unicorns? And don't forget the stabilisation of North Korea. #boomingeconomythanksobama"
Th defeat of ISIS, huh? pic.twitter.com/MRxoNMYIed
— Charlie Flood (@cflood03) December 17, 2017
Defeat of ISIS?! What planet are you living on?
— Batman (@marisaannn) December 17, 2017
When and how did the US defeat ISIS @PressSec ? And if we DID defeat ISIS, shouldn't we be shutting things down in and bringing our soldiers home? Last I heard we had over 6000 in Iraq/Syria, but the Pentagon no longer reports out on how many troops we have deployed. https://t.co/ub9JyxKVQE
— Cherie (@Paizleygrl) December 17, 2017
You’ve got to be kidding. Trump reminds us on a daily basis how well the economy has done this year. Plenty of airplay, Sarah. (Which begs the question why we need the unpopular tax bill.) ISIS? When defeated, it will indeed be a big story.
— Amy Eskind (@AmyEskind) December 18, 2017
C) Trump illegally trying to halt the Mueller investigation.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) December 17, 2017
The booming economy has more to do with Obama than it does with Trump... COME ON, Sarah... you know how economic growth works... it's not instantaneous at inauguration day
— Ryan Fagan for 51A (@FaganFor51A) December 17, 2017
Please tell me how Trump defeated ISIS? And how did he effect the economy? (other than keep a speculative stock market moving upwards cause of Obama. And only because people are investing based on the fact that he’s going to give huge incentives to big businesses). You lyin goon.
— Billy Flynn (@billymflynn) December 17, 2017
I think the 19 allegations of sexual assault against President Trump.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) December 17, 2017
Chocolate cake. Paper towels. Let's not short-change.
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) December 17, 2017
how he's spend more than half of his presidency golfing
— ㅤㅤ (@dxckstep) December 17, 2017
If the economy is so booming why do we need a tax cut?
— Mr. B's (@KentBenjamin1) December 17, 2017
Trump's refusal to take action on climate change
— Robert Long (@RobLong) December 18, 2017
Both equally are not real
— ashly gatton (@theashlygatton) December 17, 2017
I didn’t realize ISIS was defeated. What was the final Trump vs. ISIS score?
— ChurchService (@ChurchService) December 17, 2017
And we thought Spicer was bad
— Oscar Barillas (@OscarAB27) December 18, 2017
Seriously, how do you sleep at night?
— Mark Yturralde (@SdGeek) December 17, 2017
Does anyone else feel like they are reading 1984 right now?
— Andrew Barra (@AndrewBarra87) December 17, 2017
