“So you can say Trump and his friend Putin are the founder of ISIS, which probably would be more accurate than calling out the commander in chief in that way”, McCaskill said, using another acronym for the terror group. “Now, he’s beating up on Hillary Clinton, and they do”, Domenech said.
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Nasrallah referenced Trump while speaking at an event in Southern Lebanon, proclaiming: “The American Presidential candidate is saying this”.
The Hezbollah comments expanded the roster of rogue foreign leaders or groups making comments complimentary or supportive of Trump.
Ben Domenech joined “The Kelly File” discuss the media’s reaction to Donald Trump’s comments blaming President Obama and Hillary Clinton for ISIS. He has since played down the comments as having been meant as sarcasm, echoing his response to the outcry over earlier remarks in which he exhorted Russian Federation to hack Clinton’s e-mails. A White House spokesman declined to comment on the most recent remarks. “This is an American presidential candidate”.
Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim militant group and political party, has aligned itself with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime in that government’s civil war against rebel factions.
Although Trump later said he was being “sarcastic” when he made his comments, Trump’s vice presidential running mate Mike Pence told CNN Sunday the NY businessman was “very serious”.
“Who can imagine that the USA can’t know who is behind sending money and arms to the terrorists in Syria and Iraq?”
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Hezbollah is listed as a terrorist group by the USA and Israel.
