New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- US President Donald Trump reignited a long-standing claim that he predicted the threat posed by Osama bin Laden a year before the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, while paying tribute to the US Navy SEALs for killing the al-Qaeda leader.

Speaking at an event in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to commemorate the US Navy's 250th anniversary, Trump praised the elite force for their role in the 2011 Abbottabad raid that killed bin Laden, declaring: "History will never forget that it was the SEALs who stormed the compound at Osama bin Laden and put a bullet in his head."

Donald Trump went on to recall his alleged early warnings about bin Laden's growing influence before the 9/11 attacks. "Please remember I wrote about Osa...