The raid was one of the first high-profile military actions of the administration. Trump was reportedly told that the proposal had been considered too aggressive by Obama before he signed off on it. It led to the death of a Navy SEAL, 23 civilians including an 8 year old girl, and the crash of a $90 million aircraft.

This was the first direct American intervention in Yemen, which had been in the middle of a civil war.

US Senator John McCain referred to it as botched, and refused to retract the statement despite a request to do so by the White House.

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