President Donald Trump says the fight launched against al-Qaeda after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks continues in the context of the current US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Both Channel NewsAsia and The Hindu report that Trump draws a direct parallel between the campaign associated with former President George W. Bush and the conflict now in its seventh month.
The two outlets describe the same core message: Trump frames US actions against al-Qaeda as part of a broader, ongoing struggle, and he connects that framing to the Israel–Iran war that he characterizes as being supported by or aligned with US policy. While the reports emphasize Trump’s stated linkage, neither source provides detailed, independently sourced evidence in the excerpted text for the claimed connection.
Overall, the emphasis across both outlets is on Trump’s rhetoric and the timing of the Iran conflict rather than on new operational details or changes to policy.
