The United States government created ISIS.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim that the US government created ISIS is contradicted by tier-1 fact-checkers and an expert analysis that reject the allegation as baseless, while noting that US policy in Iraq contributed to conditions that let ISIS's predecessor group grow. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which says 'The U.S. Created ISIS from the ground up.'
What was said
… He knew that the U.S. Was allied with al-Qaeda there, to the extent that that really is a functional group. The U.S. Created ISIS from the ground up. Putin said, I guarantee you, when I wipe them out in Syria, the U.S. Is going to condemn me, and it got to the point where the condemnations about the U.S. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. PolitiFact (2016) rejected Trump's claim that Clinton invented ISIS, finding it wrong because ISIS's roots predate Obama's presidency and Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.[1]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org called the claim that Obama created ISIS a false claim and said the group's rise cannot be pinned on one decision, citing earlier roots and the Bush-era withdrawal agreement.[2]
Contradicts. An IDSA expert analysis states the US and Western countries did not play any overt or covert role in creating ISIS, and that allegations of direct US involvement have not been substantiated by any evidence.[3]
Contradicts. A Pants on Fire rating (PolitiFact, 2016) called it 'wildly inaccurate' to say Obama or Clinton co-founded ISIS, and The Week describes the 'US created ISIS' theory as a conspiracy theory.[4][5]
Context. Several sources say US decisions, including the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the handling of detention and the withdrawal, contributed to the conditions that enabled al-Qaeda in Iraq and later ISIS to grow, so a narrow contributing role is documented even though creation is not.[6][7][8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 6 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Donald Trump wrongly blames Hillary Clinton for ISISpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2FactChecking Trump's Press Conference - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Anurag Kumar asked: What role did the US and Western countries ...idsa.in · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Trump's Pants on Fire claim on Obama, Clinton founding ISISapi.politifact.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5America created the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria? Meet the ISIS 'truthers'theweek.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Yes, Bush helped create ISIS — and set up the Middle East for ... - Voxvox.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7Donald, Hillary and the origins of ISISwgbh.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 8How America Made ISIShistorynewsnetwork.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Is the U.S. somehow responsible for ISIL's creation?wjla.com · not rated · cited for: context
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