A reporter asked him if his syria withdraw was part of the strategy to capture/kill him. Trump said no the two were unrelated.
At least that is what I heard.
He said they got intelligence ‘confirming Bagadi was at the compound’ a few weeks prior. On the ground military will always be looking for the enemy leaders to make a break for it whenever there’s a lull, cease fire, or pulling out of a conflict. That does make it part of their strategy. Once he was known to be there the plan went ahead.