Episode 874 • • 2:21:32 - 2:26:15
874: Trump Trope
Pulse Nightclub Audio, Omar Mateen, Abu Wahid Airstrike
The Justice Department released audio of the Pulse nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen, pledging allegiance to ISIS and citing a specific U.S. airstrike that killed ISIS leader Abu Wahid as his motivation. The negotiator's performance is critiqued, and the connection between targeted killings of ISIS officials and subsequent "lone wolf" retaliatory attacks in the U.S. is explored.