Of course not. Asked on Thursday whether he thought criticizing the Khan family following the DNC – which seemed to spark off his current free fall – might have been a mistake, Trump responded, “You’ll have to define what “a mistake” means”.
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“BTW, Trumps line that Obama founded ISIS echoes exactly a myth propagated by Russian state-controlled media and bloggers”, McFaul tweeted. “He gets the most valuable player award”.
Thursday morning, Hugh Hewitt had Donald Trump on as a guest, and gave him every opportunity to walk it back and clarify his remarks. After suggesting his supporters that shooting Hillary Clinton might be a good idea, the businessman now claims that President Barack Obama founded Isis. “They know that. Because after I said that, I said he’s the MVP. You meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace”, Hewitt told Trump. I call President Obama and Hillary Clinton the founders of ISIS. “I do. He was the most valuable player”.
Trump said, “I like to reduce debt too, as much as anybody”.
He said “crooked Hillary Clinton” was actually the group’s co-founder, an accusation he has made in the past.
At a raucous rally in Sunrise, Florida, the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly labeled Obama the “founder ” of the terrorist organization, using the acronym ISIS for the group. She further accused Trump of a “smear” against the president and stressed that he was not fit to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the US. “I think you probably did”, he said. At Wednesday’s rally, the crowd cheered, “Lock her up!” in response to Trump’s attack.
The Republican nominee says the U.S. government should take on more debt to strengthen the military and rebuild infrastructure.
Clinton’s campaign also tweeted Thursday afternoon: “No, Barack Obama is not the founder of ISIS”. “And then you had Hillary with Libya, so sad”, Trump said.
“Whatever it is, it is”, Trump said. “I’m a truth teller”.
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But Trump said, “I don’t care. That’s what I would say”, Hewitt said. “I mean, I call them co-founders”. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press”.
