Posted on 08/12/2016 6:11:44 AM PDT by ToxicMich
Donald J. Trump tried to quash the latest controversy engulfing his campaign, suggesting on Friday that he was not serious when he said that President Obama and Hillary Clinton were the “founders” of the Islamic State terrorist group.
After making the suggestion at a rally on Wednesday night, Mr. Trump doubled-down on the assertion on Thursday, insisting in multiple interviews that he really did mean it when he said that the president and Mrs. Clinton were responsible for ISIS. But in an early-morning Twitter post, Mr. Trump said that he was just being sarcastic.
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7D Chess.
They are saying he backtracked. Nonsense. You can repeat a sarcastic comment multiple times.
No doubt many Freeport will be wringing their hands over this in 3...2...1
For two full days the media screams Obama and Hillary founded ISIS,mission accomplished
Now, it has everyone figuring out whether it was GWB or Obama/hillary that created the vacuum that allowed ISIS to explode. The way this has evolved points out that the past 16 years (both branches of the globalist uniparty) have led us down the path to destruction.
Trump cannot be wily enough to know that this is what would be the path his comments would lead to, can he?
It feeds his followers with his position while allowing him to walk back or muddy the water with others.
Trump must be a Jedi: He can literally make the Media do his bidding.......
Now the Media are being FORCED to talk about Bamm and Hillbilly’s role in creating ISIS.
You do not need to know if this would be the path the Media would take. All you have to do is realize they would go somewhere and just give themselves enough room to hang themselves.
Everybody uses hyperbole during their life and their conversations. Only conservatives and Christians are castigated viciously for anything they use hyperbole on, because then it is obvious they are lying.
“Sarcasm” isn’t exactly the right word; I think it is closer to a metaphor. Of course, when I wrote a letter to the editor correcting a misstatement by the Hartford Courant regarding Independence Party candidate Tom Scott in 1994, the paper substituted my correct word, “calumniate”, and replaced it with “slander”. First, there was no need to change my exact word. Second, I was writing about a written piece, so libel would be a better word to use than slander, which applies to spoken lies. Even J. Jonah Jameson knows the difference.
this is too important an issue to play games with
I wish the 4 am tweets would stop already
Trump calls Obama Founder of ISIS (he's not).
That made me laugh...
I literally catapulted out of my recliner when I saw he said this.
Of course its is....ISIS in Iraq was the direct result of taking ALL out troops out. It’s a big Duh and you can be absolutely certain that the withdrawal was a joint effort by Hillary and Obama.
Trump doing what he does best control the news cycle. I happen to agree with him. Obama is the founder of ISIS.
I don’t view it as sarcasm...it is the TRUTH!!
Onambla and Killery CREATED ISIS.
I thought Duh might suffice rather than the sarcasm tag.
of course. His watch, his JV team.
Say something that is true in effect which then forces the media to defend the comment and in so doing reveal the truth about Hillary and Barack’s unmistakable and significant culpability.
Brilliant.
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