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Trump Carried Out More Military Strikes in a Year Than Biden in Full Term | Newsweek
Source: Newsweek | 13 January 2026
The United States carried out more unilateral strikes on foreign soil during President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House than in his predecessor Joe Biden's entire four-year term, according to statistics released on Tuesday by a conflict watchdog.
In the last 12 months, the nearly 600 individual U.S. military strikes ordered by the second Trump administration have spanned three continents, for operations against terrorist organizations, authoritarian regimes and drug cartels, according to data supplied by the nonprofit Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project and reviewed by Newsweek.
