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Posted on 09/03/2015 10:03:40 PM PDT by 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.”
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Oh jeez - ok hose, thanks, I won’t bother responding to any of your nonsense anymore. Me a liberal? That’s a knee slapper! If I thought it worth my time, I’d find the perfect label to pin on you - you’re just not worth the effort!
WELL STOP using Strawmen... jeese.. are you blond?..
Find out what “they” are and stop it.. {just a suggestion}
Oh jeez - ok hose, thanks, I won’t bother responding to any of your nonsense anymore. Me a liberal? That’s a knee slapper! If I thought it worth my time, I’d find the perfect label to pin on you - you’re just not worth the effort!
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Same conclusion I’ve come to. He spent yesterday threatening and trying to intimidate me. Called me a liberal too, which is the laugh of the century. Then went along with his buddies to try to prove I’m somebody else who evidently posted here some time ago.
Not worth the effort. He’s too off the wall.
The key qualities of an executive are
(1) The ability to spot competent people, the humility to concede that they are smart, and the willingness to let them get on with it.
(2) The ability to get people to work together.
(3) The ability to persuade and negotiate, to convince people to go along with your vision.
(4) The most important quality is the ability to know what the most important objective is, and stay focused on the important stuff.
The names of the current leaders of guerrilla groups and their bios get supplied on briefing papers.
Exactly! GoTrumpGo.
I’m with Nick on this one.
Any candidate who is auditioning for Commander in Chief and Leader of the Free World needs to brush up on basics.
For pity’s sake, I don’t run in Trump’s high-powered circles. I have ZERO access, no clout with nobody, nowhere. I’m a semi-retired grandmother, who works part time for minimum wage, and even I know the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah.
And if I didn’t, there’s Wikipedia and beau coup information on the internet.
If Trump is serious about being MY president, he should have already hired a staff whose job it is to bring him up to speed on these things.
Trump needs to be prepared to answer reporters’ questions. He needs to be prepared to address the multitude of ways the current administration has sold out our allies and coddled our enemies, and what, if any, plans he has to undo Obama’s mess. If he doesn’t even know who our allies and enemies are / were, and thinks it’s not important to find out, how will that work out if he ends up being the nominee?
Insulting every single reporter who asks a VALID question, simply because he doesn’t know the answer, is inexcusable. Allowing himself to be drawn into pissing matches with everybody who embarrasses him, is a continual distraction from the real issues, and he’ll only make a laughing stock of his supporters.
There’s a lot I like about Trump, but stuff like this really gives me pause.
He needs to start with a competent staff of advisers, domestic and foreign policy. Winging it with off- the- cuff reactions is no way to run a campaign, much less a country.
Trump has an adolescent type of bravado that shows a lack of emotional maturity. We have one of those in the WH already.
As far as emotional maturity just about every other repub candidate surpasses Trump in this regard except perhaps Santorum. JMO.
I’m sure nick is quite capable of speaking for himself without your boorish attempt to label everything you don’t like as “liberal”.
Hewitt loves to play this sort of gotcha game with his guests.
One of his games last spring was to ask young journalists if they thought Alger Hiss was guilty of perjury. This was supposed by Hewitt to be A Highly Significant Question.
Keep in mind that Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury in 1950, so I’m not sure why a 20 or 30 something journalist should be expected to have an opinion about Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, the Pumpkin Papers, and all the rest of the trivium that attracted our attention during the Cold War.
But what it does do is give Hugh a chance to play his silly self-important gotcha game where he picks out some relatively trivial detail from the news and pretends that it is all important. When his guest doesn’t know the answer then it makes the guest look like an ignoramus, which is the point of the Hugh Hewitt Game in the first place.
Am I boring you?... pity...
"Trump has an adolescent type of bravado that shows a lack of emotional maturity. We have one of those in the WH already.As far as emotional maturity just about every other repub candidate surpasses Trump in this regard except perhaps Santorum. JMO."
Hopefully a minority opinion. Well, actually we know that in Presidential Elections it *is* the minority opinion. Bush41 was perfect example of "emotional maturity" and he got beat by an immature narcissistic misogynist. McCain and Romney were more emotionally mature ( or 'adult' anyway ) than DingleBarry and they got hammered.
The Presidential election is unlike all others. It is big-Media, big-Money, big-Personality driven. It is Facebook and Twitter compared to FreeRepublic and National Review. We have to know the battlefield configuration before deciding what assets to deploy, and our side continually misreads this battlefield.
I don't see Trump as emotionally immature, clearly that title fits Bill Clinton. If I had to make a comparison I would say he reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt ( not my favorite person ). He's an alpha male, self-confidant, and not a hen-pecked, neutered metrosexual. If you liked the matureness of Bush41 or Romney, then you have Rubio or Bush or Pataki or Gilmore, or Kasich or a few others.
I'm expecting a wave of posts criticizing him for speaking positively of Kanye and other celebrities even though he has to break through to the empty-headed "millennials" to have the slightest chance. It already is paying off as some Hollywood and Music celebs are speaking positively of him.
What we continue to do is inflict Alinsky rules for radicals upon ourselves voluntarily - hold the enemy to their own higher standards that they can never measure up to. The only person who could get past our screening process is Jesus, and I'm not even sure of that, while the enemy has no problem nominating a Chicago street agitator, friend of Bill Ayers of questionable NBC status with Islamic background and strong Communist influence.
Maybe folks on our side should try considering that some of the attributes we consider "assets" are viewed negatively by the general electorate. Contrarily, some of the things we instinctively view as negative just might be assets in the election. Or, we can disregard this possibility and try the same thing again, even though we are in crisis with perhaps one last chance to win the White House before amnesty and naturalization locks us out forever.
“Am I boring you?... “
Not at all. I skip your posts unless you post directly to me
Not at all. I skip your posts unless you post directly to me
Thank You..
“It already is paying off as some Hollywood and Music celebs are speaking positively of him”
Well that’s an endorsement right there! LOL!
I never said the American public makes smart choices. I am saying that generally they do not. I do not wish to jump off the cliff with the rest of them thank you very much.
I am a bit tired of hearing the “Jesus” comparison or the “1000% perfect conservative”. I do not agree that is what anyone is looking for. But I’ll be fine with 97%. Even 90%. I think Ted Cruz meets that criteria for me. I know he isn’t perfect. I have been disappointed in several of his votes recently. But on the balance, comparing him to all the other candidates he comes up with the least negatives for me.
I am not a republican. I would not vote for “whomever” the nominee is. I’ll vote for the best conservative. I’ll vote the way my conscience & beliefs directs me to.
>> “It already is paying off as some Hollywood and Music celebs are speaking positively of him”Well that’s an endorsement right there! LOL!
I never said the American public makes smart choices. I am saying that generally they do not. I do not wish to jump off the cliff with the rest of them thank you very much.
I am a bit tired of hearing the “Jesus” comparison or the “1000% perfect conservative”. I do not agree that is what anyone is looking for. But I’ll be fine with 97%. Even 90%. I think Ted Cruz meets that criteria for me. I know he isn’t perfect. I have been disappointed in several of his votes recently. But on the balance, comparing him to all the other candidates he comes up with the least negatives for me.
I am not a republican. I would not vote for “whomever” the nominee is. I’ll vote for the best conservative. I’ll vote the way my conscience & beliefs"
RE: Hollywood, well it's a start anyway. You have to decide if variable X is a net positive or negative. Let X = talking up and courting Kanye and other celebs. So what would you say given the current electorate?
Ted Cruz meets the criteria of James Madison to me, and that is the highest possible compliment. But it begs several questions ...
In the Era Of Good Feelings the three Democratic-Republicans in a row, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe led mostly by example, being precisely what we today call "Conservative", vetoing every pro-Federalist and/or big government spending bill that came across their desk with a brief comment: 'This is not authorized by the Constitution therefore it is vetoed'. And that worked for most of 24 years. Cruz should have been elected in 1824 instead of JQ Adams and would have fit right in.
You see where I'm going here. Before we can even entertain the possibility of another Era Of Good Feelings we will need wholesale destruction of the corrupt system. It will need to mirror 1798-1800 when Jefferson and Madison laid waste to the new Tyrants. To do this the President needs lots of gravitas and courage. Cruz has courage, moreso since Trump came along to show them all how, but I do remember during the Trade Treaty fiasco just a few months ago, when the bill was in a locked room and the establishment schemed to give Obama a present. Cruz screwed up at first just like all the others, he should have pulled every trick in the book to kill the process and expose the corruption in the Capitol. Yes he changed later, voted against it, and exposed McConnell, all after Trump came along. But it was too late. That process should have been aborted.
As I say, Cruz is the most Constitutional among the candidates, and there really is no second place choice, they all suck on original Constitutional principles. But I firmly believe in using the right tool for the right job, and the immediate job is Destroyer, and that does not suit him IMHO. Put him on the Supreme Court where he can actually do something for America for man MANY years to come. He would be wasted as President ( unless it was 1824 ) and especially VP.
By the way, it's not just 1800 and 1824 that were key turning points. Another Era Of Good Feelings was during the Ike years. Cruz elected in 1952 could have seriously helped the country avoid the cancerous government growth spurt. Also 1960, and 1900 and 1912. All great choices for a Ted Cruz. But *not* 1860 or 1932 or 1980, if you catch my drift.
You're out Tom, I need a Wartime Consigliere
This is not a slam on Ted Cruz. This is an argument on the merits. He is our best Conservative on the scene. But that does not make him the best tool for this particular job with this Congress, and this economy, and this military, and this predatory "free trade" situation, and this major media, and this electorate.
Where were those values when he was supporting Hillary? When he was contributing to the election campaigns of Harry Reid, Pelosi, all Senate Democrats and House Democrats?
If it's any indication, Trump thought Obama's team was very competent. He also thought Hillary would be a good choice to lead negotiations with Iran.
You penned a VERY interesting to read post!
I have NO idea what the electorate is going to do. I stopped trying to figure them out a long time ago. I think many today are not informed or have wrong information. The education system has really done a number on Americans. And they have very short attention spans and spend way too much time watching reality TV & following celebrity. I just do not think they understand what is going on around them nor have much interest in politics.
I do agree with you about Ted and the McConnell incident. I was just frustrated that he was believing what this man was telling him going against the advice of his advisors. He was wrong and they were right. There are about 3 times I have been in disagreement with Cruz. That is one of them. But like I said, I weigh all of the candidates and look at their records. My choice is the one who has the most “gold stars”.I no longer get emotionally invested in politicians since Palin disappointed me. I was a huge fan. Still am.
I do not trust polls to gauge public opinion. I am very suspicious of what the polls are saying right now about Bush. Seriously, I haven’t met one person who will admit to wanting to vote for him. Not a sole that I know of has admitted to such on FR either. Doesn’t anyone think that odd? And Cruz is left out of just about any poll result I read about. I also find that weird.
Well you have to decide yourself whether he is being sincere. He has explained that for any businessman to make it he has to keep the politicos from hounding him by bribing them. As he said he donated and smooched everybody that would help his business and not because he necessarily liked them. In other words he’s a pragmatist.
He’s not a Ted Cruz who has strong philosophical underpinnings. He goes by his gut. So the question you have to answer is do you think that his gut is guided by by decent traditional values.
So far my take is yes. Will he disappoint us at some point? Guaranteed, but do you know any that you’re 100% sure won’t?
for any businessman to make it he has to keep the politicos from hounding him by bribing them.
Do you believe this? It sounds like a liberal movie plot. Hogwash. And Mr. I'll Fix the System had to play the game with corrupt politicians?
As he said he donated and smooched everybody that would help his business and not because he necessarily liked them.
So he valued his personal gain over the country. Well, either that or he thought Reid and Pelosi Hillary were good for the country. Do you have a possible good explanation of Trump here?
do you think that his gut is guided by by decent traditional values.
It's blatantly obvious to me the answer is no. You see it otherwise. That is a puzzle to me.
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