Donald Trump: I Will Know The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah 'When It's Appropriate'

Guardian (UK) ^ | September 4, 2015

[Steelfish]

Donald Trump: I Will Know The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah 'When It's Appropriate'

4 September Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did not take kindly in a radio interview on Thursday to being asked to identify the affiliations of various militant leaders in the Middle East, saying the host was asking “a gotcha question”.

Discussing Islamist extremism, conservative talk-radio host Hugh Hewitt told Trump he was looking for the next president to identify the leaders of major militant groups, naming the heads of Islamic State, Hezbollah, al-Qaida and its Nusra Front wing in Syria.

“Do you know the players without a scorecard yet, Donald Trump?” asked Hewitt, who will co-moderate the next official Republican presidential debate on 16 September in California.

“No, you know, I’ll tell you honestly, I think by the time we get to office, they’ll all be changed. They’ll be all gone,” Trump replied.

“The names you just mentioned, they probably won’t even be there in six months or a year,” he added.

Hassan Nasrallah has headed Hezbollah since 1992.

Hewitt pushed Trump on the question, asking him: “So the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas does not matter to you yet, but it will?”

Trump replied: “It will when it’s appropriate. I will know more about it than you know, and believe me, it won’t take me long.”

The billionaire real estate mogul has risen to the top of the polls in a crowded Republican field more than a year before the November 2016 election.

When Hewitt said these were not meant as “gotcha” questions, Trump responded: “Well, it sounded like gotcha. You’re asking me names that, I think it’s somewhat ridiculous, but that’s OK. Go ahead, let’s go.”

[LongWayHome]

Right....like me, he’s sick of this constant nonsense. You people sound unhinged.

[Hostage]

You don’t get much traction or kudos on these threads. Must suck to be ignored or dissed so much. You think you’re smarter don’t you? I imagine you never considered that others think you’re a hack without anything meaningful to contribute.

[elhombrelibre]

Knowledge, according to Trump supporters, isn’t important. He doesn’t need a deep understanding of the world we live in. He’ll hire people to do his thinking for him. You got to love Trump fans. The more Trump acts like Obama - vain, yet ignorant, and indifferent to how our government works under the US Constitution - the more his fans show themselves little different from the Obamarobots that put him in power. Obama was black, they told us, as if that had any relevance. Trump won’t really need to know things to be President.

[Hostage]

Even if you and others had the names memorized, even if Donald Trump had them all memorized, it would be secondary to knowing the existing ties and agreements among the players and these ties and agreements often change on a weekly basis as there are often shifting loyalties in that part of the world.

[1lawlady]

I keep getting them confused, and I have all the time in the world to study up. No, I'm not leading the free world, but I think he's a quick study. I thought his response was perfectly appropriate for any candidate. They can't be expected to know every detail. Except for Hiliary that is. Doncha know she's the smartest person in the world?

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Octex.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Oh thank you, how foolish of me to not research anything on my own and just take the media’s word. Which btw, IF I took the media’s word, I’d be hating on him as you are.

I won’t engage with you, it’s not worth my time or effort. Your mind is made up and it’s hilarious to watch you guys struggle to get others to hate as you do. I only commented because your silly picture was over the top. Then again, most of what you guys do is so out there that I have wonder HOW you believe you can convince anyone to join you in your cess pool of hate.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

That’s pitiful hose - what have polls said over and over, did he break double digits yet?

I wish he would, just doesn’t seem to be his time. Sad

[dp0622]

LOL. thanks for that :)

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks SonTagged. Good food for thought. I appreciate the ping and link.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with that. I have this theory about groups too, like al Qaeda, ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood..., I think the feet on the ground folks switch teams all the time. We think in terms of loyalties, but it’s my take they think in terms of anti-US operations and don’t really care under what flag they fight.

[hosepipe]

Right....like me, he’s sick of this constant nonsense. You people sound unhinged

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Like the Minuteman did to the British loyalists..

or those damned “ INDIANS “ did to those that just wanted their damned TEA..
after throwing their TEA into the ocean..

Only a few of the Colonialist got the rest off the dime..
THEN we had damned good revolution..

Course it took the BRIT’s burning down a few houses, murdering some people, throwing their weight around, and generally acting like assholes..

To arouse the “people” to get busy.. else YOU would be speaking NOW with a Limey accent.. maybe COCKNEY..

[hosepipe]

That’s pitiful hose - what have polls said over and over, did he break double digits yet?

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Pitiful is freepers being snookered by a die hard liberal..
a con man... grifter.. crook.. robber.. thief.. housebreaker.. owl.. pilferer.. prowler.. safecracker.. cat burglar.. filcher.. midnighter.. picklock.. porch-climber.. sneakthief..

[Democratic-Republican]

Hmmm ...

Like the Minuteman did to the British loyalists..

or those damned “ INDIANS “ did to those that just wanted their damned TEA.. after throwing their TEA into the ocean..

Only a few of the Colonialist got the rest off the dime.. THEN we had damned good revolution..

Course it took the BRIT’s burning down a few houses, murdering some people, throwing their weight around, and generally acting like assholes..

To arouse the “people” to get busy.. else YOU would be speaking NOW with a Limey accent.. maybe COCKNEY.."

And ...

"Pitiful is freepers being snookered by a die hard liberal.. a con man... grifter.. crook.. robber.. thief.. housebreaker.. owl.. pilferer.. prowler.. safecracker.. cat burglar.. filcher.. midnighter.. picklock.. porch-climber.. sneakthief.."

Requires a PSA ...

Please take a nap FRiend!

[cuban leaf]

Donald Trump: I Will Know The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah ‘When It’s Appropriate’

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Reminds me of the trial when the family attempted to remove Henry Ford Sr. for incompetence. When asked what he knew about a bunch of things, he always gave the same answer, and I paraphrase:

I have a bunch of buttons on my desk, if I need to know about marketing, I press the 4th button and that gets me my marketing expert. If I need to know about steel, I press the 1st button and that gets me my steel expert.

Etc.

Heck, it’s what I do as a business analyst. I will be assigned a project on something I know nothing about. I go to the internet before my first meeting and after the meeting I have my SME (subject matter expert).

This is why presidents have cabinets and why Valerie Jarret is so dangerous.

[jacknhoo]

Hopefully, it will be his boss President Cruz that gets the call.

[jospehm20]

CDS has been afflicting the GOP-E longer than TDS.

[McGruff]

I Will Know The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah ‘When It’s Appropriate’

Correct answer is, NONE. Let Allah sort it out.

[jospehm20]

I am starting to believe that many of the organizations have their names changed periodically to make Obama look good. Al Baghdad is ISIS now but he was AQ-Iraq for years. The DoS even tried floating something like “the Koroshan Group” name for ISIS last year. I suspect they may be the same guys doing the same things but since Obama said Al Qaeda is defeated, we have to call the same guys something else.

[mountainbunny]

Absolutely.

When he ran for office, he was well-studied and had spent a lot of time formulating policy.

President Reagan worked incredibly hard and for a long time to become who he was, politically. He knew what he believed and why he believed it.