Doubling down on his assertion Wednesday that President Barack Obama is “the founder of ISIS” and Clinton its “co-founder”, Trump rejected any suggestion he might tamp down his rhetoric as Election Day closes in. And Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that her failures in the Obama administration allowed a deadly new enemy to emerge.
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Earlier Thursday, Trump stood firm when asked by CNBC whether it was appropriate to say a sitting USA president founded a jihadist group determined to kill Americans. But he and Hillary get the most valuable player award having to do with Iraq. “I gave him the most valuable player award”.
Trump added later: “No, it’s no mistake”.
“You know how they get out?”
Trump made his allegation at a rally in Florida and repeated it Thursday.
In the interview with Hewitt, Trump did acknowledge the root of his argument was that if Obama “had done things property, you wouldn’t have had ISIS”. On Thursday, he told CNBC: “He was the founder of ISIS, absolutely”. After George W. Bush destabilized Iraq in 2003, ISIS was created by a terrorist as an offshoot of al-Qaeda. But GOP strategist Mike DuHaime, who advised Trump ally Chris Christie’s presidential bid, said there could be benefits to Trump’s newfound self-awareness.
Trump had first claimed Obama was “the founder of Isis” on Wednesday night at a rally in Sunrise, Florida.
In the past, Mr Trump has also falsely suggested that Mr Obama was a Muslim or was born in Kenya, where the president’s father was from.
The White House declined to comment on Trump’s accusation. However, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called Trump’s comments “bizarre” at a news conference on Capitol Hill. “That’s how they get out”. This is a tactic, this is not an accident, this is a tactic.
Since July’s Republican convention, Clinton has taken a firm lead in the polls as Trump has struggled from controversy to controversy, pursuing a feud with the Muslim family of a dead army captain and suggesting Russian Federation publish any of Clinton’s missing emails it has hacked, before this week’s inflammatory remarks.
Trump has previously criticised Clinton for supporting the Iraq War in 2003 while she was a United States senator. Take a look at the World Trade Center.
“We should never have gotten out the way we got out”, he said. “I think that Hillary Clinton will do that better than Donald Trump”. That’s what it was. “I give her, too, by the way, Hillary Clinton”.
The crowd chanted “lock her up” in agreement. That rallying cry was popularized at the Republican convention in Cleveland in July.
Trump described himself to CNBC on Thursday morning as a “truth-teller” when asked how he thinks these remarks play with undecided voters in battleground states. He acknowledged the possibility he could lose the race.
“I might be an idiot for flying that flag, but I have a right to be that idiot”, Berry told the Free Press. “And if at the end of 90 days, I’ve fallen short because I’m somewhat politically (incorrect) even though I’m supposed to be the smart one and even though I’m supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it’s OK”.
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Before killing American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff in 2014, one IS militant said: “I’m back, Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy toward the Islamic State … despite our serious warnings”.
