“Donald Trump was being sarcastic ‘but not that sarcastic” when he called President Barack Obama the “founder of ISIS”.
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In the previous commentaries and interviews of Trump, he labeled Hillary Clinton as the “co-founder” or “Most Valuable Player” of the terrorist group known as ISIS or ISIL. “I gave him the most valuable player award”, Trump told Hewitt.
Mr Trump first claimed Mr Obama was “the founder of Isis” on Wednesday night at a rally in Sunrise, Florida. “Our government has unleashed ISIS”, Trump said while speaking to the National Association of Home Builders.
Trump has blamed Obama’s decision to pull USA forces from Iraq in 2011 for destabilizing the Middle East and creating a situation in which Islamic State militants could thrive. Trump asked rhetorically, before adding in a separate tweet that ISIS grew strong during Clinton’s tenure as Obama’s secretary of state.
Trump raised eyebrows when he made that claim and gave many details of what he said he saw in the film. “He founded Isis. And I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton”.
He even stuck to his guns when he was given the chance to clarify the remark by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt Thursday.
Trump said in that instance as well that he was being sarcastic.
Clinton blasted Trump’s claims, contending that “anyone willing to sink so low, so often should never be allowed to serve as our commander-in-chief”.
“We have seen how Donald Trump is being used to essentially be a recruiter for more people to join the cause of terrorism”, Hillary insisted on CNN. Despite his November election chances looking bleak, Trump has continued to make controversial comments that are not likely to help him win swing votes. “The way he got out of Iraq was that was the founding of Isis, okay?” responded the presidential candidate. Trump said in a post on Twitter. “THEY DON’T GET SARCASM?”, Trump wrote in a tweet.
“I don’t care. He was the founder”.
“I would say they could be tried there, that would be fine”, Trump told the Miami Herald.
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Hewitt: “But he’s not sympathetic to them. The President has been trying to play down ISIS like it’s not that big of a deal, like they are not as powerful”, he said.
