Donald Trump criticized Washington's tactics in preparation of the operation to free Iraqi Mosul from ISIS militants, ABC News reported.

“I’ve been hearing about Mosul now for three months. ‘We’re going to attack. We’re going to attack.’ Meaning Iraq’s going to attack but with us. OK? We’re going to attack. Why do they have to talk about it? Element of surprise. One of the reasons they wanted Mosul, they wanted to get ISIS leaders who they thought were, you know, in Mosul. Those people have all left. As soon as they heard they’re going to be attacked, they left,” Trump added. “The resistance is much greater now because they knew about the attack. Why can’t they win first and talk later?” Trump said.

He emphasized that fighters of the terrorist group were resisting much more because they knew about the preparing attack.

Billionaire accused U.S. President Barack Obama and the ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that their policy led to occupation of Mosul by ISIS terrorists.

 “We had Mosul. We have to take it because Hillary Clinton and Obama left that big vacuum, and ISIS went in, and they took Mosul,” he stressed.