“He is the founder of ISIS”, Donald Trump said at a rally.
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Republican Donald Trump says the US government should take on more debt to strengthen the military and rebuild infrastructure.
On Wednesday, Trump accused Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton of founding Daesh in the Middle East region.
HH: I’ve got two more questions. Unwilling to see reason (at all), Trump replied, “I don’t care”. “He was the founder”.
The founder of the Islamic State group was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq who was killed in a US airstrike in 2006.
Then, on Thursday morning, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked the candidate if he actually meant that Obama’s actions had created a vacuum in Syria. “Her only competition is Barack Obama”, he said.
While Trump easily defeated Rubio in Florida’s Republican presidential primary, new polls indicate he could hurt the senator in his re-election campaign, who only a month ago, looked to be a shoo-in.
“I think it was said just this week that the way Donald Trump talks about terrorism and his very insulting language towards Muslims is making him the “recruiting sergeant” for ISIS”.
Meanwhile, more than 70 influential Republicans have signed a letter urging the party to stop spending money on Trump’s presidential campaign and direct it instead to November’s congressional races, a news report said yesterday.
DT: No, I meant he’s the founder of ISIS. I do.
“He’s the founder”, Trump continued. He is the founder of ISIS, OK?
Trump also referred to the president as “Barack Hussein Obama” throughout the South Florida rally.
In September 2014, following the ISIS beheading of US journalist James Foley, Obama organized a coalition of countries to tackle ISIS from the air and, in a more limited capacity, from the ground.
The president, a Christian, was born in Hawaii.
The “founder of ISIS” comments come after the billionaire businessman caught flak from the media for a statement about the Second Amendment made at the Tuesday rally. “ISIS will hand her the most valuable player award”.
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The White House declined to comment on Trump’s claim. The actual founder was Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to the Mapping Militants project at Stanford University.
