AP Explains: Why does a WWI general merit a Trump tweet?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is being criticized once again for lauding the alleged tactics of Gen. John Pershing in dealing with Islamic extremists in the Philippines at the turn of the last century.
Trump tweeted on Thursday that people should “study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!”
What is behind the tweet and the criticism? The AP explains:
PERSHING AND THE PHILIPPINES