On 27 October 2019, President Donald Trump announced from the White House that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died during a US raid in Syria. The phrase died like a dog, along with died like a coward, was widely quoted by news outlets including The Telegraph and quickly clipped online. Its stark wording separated it from typical official statements, turning a serious military announcement into a widely shared reaction sound used to mock defeat, failure, and dramatic downfalls in edits and memes.