The White House released a photo of President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE and his advisers in the Situation Room monitoring the U.S. raid on Saturday night that ended with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death.

Presidential assistant Dan Scavino, Jr. posted the photo on Twitter showing Trump and Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Pence vows for law and order everywhere Trump met with chants of protest as he pays respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg MORE monitoring the raid in Syria. Trump and Pence were joined by National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, Defense Secretary Mark Esper Mark EsperOvernight Defense: Stopgap spending measure awaits Senate vote | Trump nominates former Nunes aide for intelligence community watchdog | Trump extends ban on racial discrimination training to contractors, military Overnight Defense: Pentagon redirects pandemic funding to defense contractors | US planning for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May | Anti-Trump GOP group puts ads in military papers Official: Pentagon has started 'prudent planning' for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May MORE, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, and Brigadier Gen. Marcus Evans.

The president on Sunday morning confirmed the two-hour raid resulted in the death of al-Baghdadi, saying the U.S. brought “the world’s Number One terrorist to justice.”

“The thug who tried so hard to intimidate others spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread, terrified of the American forces bearing down on him,” Trump said.

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Trump had tweeted Saturday night that something “very big” had happened as reports circulated with rumors of the ISIS leaders death.

Something very big has just happened! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2019

Trump said on Sunday that he sent the tweet after U.S. forces returned safely from the mission.