President
Donald Trump wrongly dismissed the continuing threat of the
Islamic State group and spread a false tale of the U.S. paying out billions of dollars to
Iran as part of the multinational deal freezing its nuclear program in an address Wednesday that fell short on facts.
THE FACTS: His claim of a 100% defeat is misleading as the Islamic State still poses a threat.
IS was defeated in
Iraq in 2017, then lost the last of its land holdings in
Syria in March, marking the end of the extremists' self-declared caliphate.