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Donald Trump: I Will Know The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah 'When It's Appropriate'
Guardian (UK) ^ | September 4, 2015

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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To: pleasenotcalifornia

21 posted on 09/03/2015 10:23:58 PM PDT by Bobalu (See my freep page for political images.)
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To: Steelfish

Good managers down get into the little details;
they hire other people to do that.


22 posted on 09/03/2015 10:24:01 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll bet he knows how many states there are in the union.

The press pulled this same BS with Dan Quayle.
Then, when Her Heinous Hillary ran for a New York state office, Demo-pimp David Letterman fed her a ‘test’ on New York state facts that she had obviously been briefed upon.
It’s too bad that now conservatives are tag-teaming with Democrats and their MSM to try and tear down the GOP’s front runner.
You do it here every day.


23 posted on 09/03/2015 10:24:02 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

He might not know their names, but I bet he would call them Islamist extremists.


24 posted on 09/03/2015 10:24:12 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: dp0622; nickcarraway

What is Hugh going to ask in the debate?: “Can you spell supercalifragilisticexpialadocious?”


25 posted on 09/03/2015 10:24:28 PM PDT by WilliamIII (The)
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To: Steelfish
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.

I don't know, they all sounds (and look) the same to me.

26 posted on 09/03/2015 10:25:04 PM PDT by McGruff (Paid for by Hillary For Prison 2016)
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To: nickcarraway

New Mexico?


27 posted on 09/03/2015 10:25:09 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Steelfish

Just because he didn’t know the names the leaders doesn’t mean he doesn’t know which group is which. I do, and I don’t bother to learn the names of various Mohammeds who run them.


28 posted on 09/03/2015 10:25:15 PM PDT by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt)
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To: Steelfish

all IslamoNazi murder gangs are essentially similar

asking any candidate to cogently differentiate between them
is like asking O for his real birth certificate

you can’t REALLY expect a positive response


29 posted on 09/03/2015 10:25:47 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (up)
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To: DoughtyOne

SoS Bolton will present Pres Trump with an outline of the facts, and a couple-three options with the up side and down side of each. Trump will make a pick, and Like Piccard to Ryker, he will say,”Make it so!”


30 posted on 09/03/2015 10:25:50 PM PDT by BigEdLB (We need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' on Iranian bombing runs. It is not vituous)
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To: Steelfish

Einstein didn’t know his own phone number. When asked why, he said, “Never memorize something that you can look up.”

Albert Einstein


31 posted on 09/03/2015 10:26:39 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Cruz2Victory!)
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To: WilliamIII
You claim to like Reagan, then you bash him. You lie. Reagan was extremely well versed on the Middle East when he was campaigning. Your smear job is s sham. One that was perpetuated by the media, which was jealous. This is a basic level question about the Middle East. Reagan had a depth of knowledge way beyond that on the Middle East.

It makes me sick, people like you, sitting there, perpetuating bald-faced lies about Reagan to defend your guy. Where is your proof? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, BECAUSE IT'S LIES.

32 posted on 09/03/2015 10:26:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

get help


33 posted on 09/03/2015 10:27:56 PM PDT by WilliamIII (The)
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To: Steelfish

One is funded by the Democrats through the UN, the other if funded by the Democrats through Iran.


34 posted on 09/03/2015 10:27:58 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: WilliamIII

LOL ROFL


35 posted on 09/03/2015 10:28:58 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: WilliamIII
I never bash Reagan, who’s my hero.

Never, ever say that again. If he was your hero, you wouldn't be spreading unsubstantiated lies about him? Where do you get this B.S.? The Bush family? In 25 years, I have never seen people trashing Reagan so much as Trump supporters. It's one lie after another. You are disgusting.

36 posted on 09/03/2015 10:29:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Go to bed and stay there, please


37 posted on 09/03/2015 10:30:06 PM PDT by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: nickcarraway

Now which Kardashian went to Wharton and then built billion dollar skyscrapers in one of the worlds toughest markets?
You ought to give Trump his due, even if you think he shouldn’t be POTUS.

Your dislike of Trump is fair - you have a right to your opinion - but you ought to stick to facts, not absurd comparisons.


38 posted on 09/03/2015 10:30:18 PM PDT by Aria
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To: dp0622

A brilliant answer


39 posted on 09/03/2015 10:30:28 PM PDT by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: Steelfish

The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah


The Smell..


40 posted on 09/03/2015 10:30:53 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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