One reason he gave was Obama’s order to withdraw USA troops from Iraq, something that Trump – who claimed to know more about ISIS than the generals – himself strongly advocated and supported.
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After the GOP nominee suggested the mother of slain U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan had been forbidden to speak during the Democratic National Convention because of her Muslim faith, Moulton demanded that House Speaker Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin withdraw his endorsement for the real estate developer, The Boston Globe reports.
Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump told the packed house his earlier ISIS founder claims were supposed to be sarcastic, but blamed the media for failing to see the joke.
Responding to a Black Lives Matter protester, Trump told the man to “go home to mom” before adding a classic schoolyard “yo momma” barb.
US presidential candidates are not required to release their tax returns, but it has become a common custom. He drew heavy criticism after he suggested gun rights activists could take action against Clinton, a statement he later said was aimed at rallying votes against her.
Trump has cited an audit by the Internal Revenue Service in refusing to release his returns.
Trump worked to profit on the fuss over his Islamic State remark.
Trump said he wasn’t anxious Republicans would cut him off – and threatened to stop fundraising for the party if they do. However, Trump previously had said he wanted USA troops out years earlier than Obama withdrew them. One exception came this month when he acknowledged a video he said showed a plane carrying US cash to Iran was actually a plane carrying USA hostages who were being released. “Obviously I was being sarcastic but not that sarcastic to be honest with you”, Trump said Friday.
STAR OF DAVID: In July, Trump’s campaign tweeted an anti-Clinton message that seemed to show the Star of David atop a pile of cash, raising questions about anti-Semitism.
CRIMEA RIVER: Heads spun in the foreign policy world when Trump said this month that Russian Federation wouldn’t enter Ukraine, seemingly unaware it already had.
It’s comments like those that Clinton has seized to try to contrast her “serious, steady leadership” with the more volatile approach she says Trump would take to running the country. He insisted he’d said nothing incorrect.
Yet even as he worked to quell one campaign controversy, Trump appeared to spark another late Wednesday when said he was “fine” with trying Americans suspected of terrorism in military tribunals at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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But many analysts argue its roots lie in the decision of George W. Bush’s Republican administration to invade Iraq in 2003 without a plan to fill the vacuum created by Saddam Hussein’s ouster.
