Trump brought it up. Trump introduced Viet Nam into this campaign. It was a 200-giga-electron-volt rookie mistake.
Oh, stop. He’s of an age when he could have been drafted. If he didn’t mention John McCain, they still would have brought up Viet Nam. They’ll probably be bringing it up in the 22nd Century against someone. That’s the idiot media.
If McCain hadn’t opened his big yap, Trump probably would never have gone there. It takes two to make a rookie mistake, apparently.
Huh? Trump was ASKED about McCain, in my understanding. Was it Trump who brought up McCain in a devate so he could then say something??
Trump did not bring it up. The Luntz character did. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/0718/Trump-criticizes-John-McCain-for-being-captured-in-Vietnam-video
Yes, it was an unforced error. Trump is creative; perhaps he can invite McCain to have a cup of coffee with him and take the personal issue off the table; agree to disagree about some policies while agreeing any Republican is better than Hillary.
“Trump brought it up. Trump introduced Viet Nam into this campaign. It was a 200-giga-electron-volt rookie mistake.”
NO he didn’t. He was talking about the current election and why McCain was wrong to call the crowds at his events “crazies”. He never even mentioned Vietnam....UNTIL the moderator kept repeating again and again, “but McCain is a war hero”.
Vietnam had absolutely nothing to do with the discussion at hand, but the moderator wouldn’t let it go. So Trump shut it down with a backhand.
Whats the alternative? To say “well, if 45 years ago McCain was a POW I guess I have to concede every assaholic thing he says about the American people in 2015.” F that. Trump was right.