Trump promises press conference on Islamic State fight

US President Donald Trump on Monday promises to reveal details of his long-awaited plan for fighting the Islamic State group, saying a press conference will come within weeks.

“We have had tremendous success against ISIS,” Trump says at a cabinet meeting at the White House.

“We are going to be having a news conference in two weeks on that fight and you’ll see numbers that you would not have believed.”

Tackling the group — which still controls swaths of Syria and Iraq — was among Trump’s most often repeated campaign promises.

Then-candidate Trump went as far as to promise to “bomb the hell” out of them and have a military plan on his desk within 30 days of moving into the White House.

Six months after taking office, Trump has yet to sketch out his strategy.

— AFP