so no, i don't think this is a result of anything mr. trump has done, and in fact, as arwa damon just said, who was there with us many times in iraq, this is a result of the iraqi security forces and the peshmerga taking the fight to the enemy with a vengeance. >> congressman, there's also the great irony on the same day the president says he has called the four families of troops killed in niger by suspected isis-linked militants, the greatest single combat loss of his presidency, on that same day that he says he made the phone call, he's declaring victory against isis and says they're throwing their hands in the air. there's a pretty big irony in that, isn't there? >> i hate the politicize the death of american soldiers. they were there. their mission was not, i don't think, is quite overt. i think that's probably why the white house didn't put it out there. i just wish the president wouldn't engage in that way about the lives of american soldiers who gave their lives for their country and missions that sometimes can't be talked about. i'll say on the isis thing, the