Trump has unwittingly become an asset for ISIS

One week into the US-backed offensive to retake Mosul, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that it was "turning out to be a total disaster." There is a lot wrong with this statement -- first and foremost, the fact that it was simply not true. In reality, after just seven days of fighting, ISIS had lost hundreds of square kilometers and coalition allies were within five miles of Mosul's city limits.