President Trump has shared an altered photograph of himself placing a medal around the neck of the dog injured in the raid last weekend that led to the death of
The image, which bears a watermark for a social media account for the conservative news site The Daily Wire, appeared to be an altered version of a 2017 Associated Press photograph.
In the original, Mr Trump is seen awarding a Medal of Honour to James C McCloughan, a retired Army medic who is credited with saving the lives of 10 men during the war in Vietnam.
The Medal of Honour is the US military's highest decoration.
, in glowing terms in the days since the raid, which culminated with al-Baghdadi detonating a suicide bomb, killing himself and several children and injuring the dog.
The original photos shows President Trump awarding the Medal of Honor to James C McCloughan at the White House in 2017. Source: Alex Brandon/Associated Press
“Our ‘K-9,’ as they call it, I call it a dog,” Mr Trump said on Sunday. “A beautiful dog — a talented dog — was injured and brought back.”
The image he shared on Wednesday was one of several altered photographs featuring the dog and posted in recent days on social media by The Daily Wire.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died after detonating a suicide vest during a Delta Force raid on his compound. Source: ABACA
Mr Trump was also scheduled on Wednesday to award the Medal of Honour to Matthew O Williams, an Army master sergeant, who is credited with helping to save the lives of four critically wounded soldiers in 2008 in Afghanistan.
