SHOWS: ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 19, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, ARRIVING AT RALLY

2. TRUMP GREETING ATTENDEES

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“And I’m also pleased to announce that just two hours ago, we hit the ISIS thugs in Syria who were trying to regroup after their decimation by the Trump administration five years ago. We hit them hard. I ordered a massive strike on the terrorists that killed our three great patriots last week, two soldiers, one interpreter, all great people. And it was very successful. It was precision. We hit every site flawlessly. And we are restoring peace through strength all over the world.”

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“We had men playing in women’s sport, transgender for everybody, crime at record levels, the worst trade deals ever made. And our country was laughed at from all over the world, but they’re not laughing anymore. One year ago, our country was dead. Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world because we finally have a president who puts America first.”

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“They gave us doom and gloom. And I’m building the Trump economic boom. It’s a boom. It’s a boom. You know these factories, auto plants, AI plants, we’ve never had anything like it. I ended the radical left’s war on American energy, terminated the green new scam, and signed an order to drill baby drill. You see where gasoline is coming down.”

8. WHITE FLASH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“First thing I did was made North Carolina phone calls, and we did a hell of a job. Did a hell of a job. You’d still be sitting in the mud if I didn’t get elected, you would be. People were sitting in the mud.”

10. WHITE FLASH

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“But I used to come to North Carolina to buy furniture for lobbies, furniture for hotels. And I was here a lot. I mean, you’ve been decimated, but it’s coming back now, because I put tariffs. Big tariffs, actually. But I remember I’d say to a guy, 'I like that chair, you know, (unintelligible),' I would look at a chair, the arm of a chair was very important to me. I said, 'I like that chair, but this arm has to be a different shape. And you gotta chisel this,' I’m a very aesthetic person, believe me. Except with women, I don’t care what a woman looks like. I used to say ‘beautiful’, and now I don’t care. Since politics, I never mention looks anymore. The most beautiful woman can walk right across, I don’t even look at her anymore. Because in politics, that’s a sign of death. We don’t look.”

12. WHITE FLASH

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“I don’t know, 2016 was pretty monumental. What was better – I don’t know, beating Hillary (Clinton) was fun. Well Hillary has a much higher IQ than Kamala (Harris). I would say, I think Hillary has probably 50 or 60 points higher. Hillary is smart, she was nasty. I wouldn’t wanna go home to her. She was nasty. Remember, remember she was a nasty person. I was going to use the 'b' word, I said, no, my wife would not be happy.”

14. WHITE FLASH

15. TRUMP ENDING SPEECH

16. TRUMP WALKING OFF STAGE, GREETING SUPPORTERS, DANCING

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump told a rally in North Carolina on Friday (December 19) that he had ordered a “massive strike” on Islamic State targets in Syria, after a suspected attack by the group that killed three U.S. military personnel last week.

Trump had vowed to retaliate after the incident. On social media, he said the Syrian government fully supported the strikes.

Syria reiterated its steadfast commitment to fighting Islamic State and ensuring that it has "no safe havens on Syrian territory", according to a statement by the foreign ministry.

Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed last Saturday (December 13) in the central Syrian town of Palmyra by an attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, according to the U.S. military. Three other U.S. soldiers were also wounded in the attack.