Donald Trump Slams Dems At VFW: ‘They Really Established ISIS’

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed Democrats for creating the Islamic State terrorist group through their own “weakness.”

Speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump said Hillary Clinton’s party didn’t mention terrorism during Monday night’s Democratic National Convention because “they don’t want to talk about it.”

“Because in a very true way, they really established ISIS because of weakness,” the New York businessman continued. “The people in this room know better than anybody else or any other audience what I mean by weakness. But because of weakness, ISIS has been established.”

The GOP nominee also renewed his call to “suspend the refugee flows from Syria and other dangerous countries,” rather than singling out Muslim immigration as a threat to national security in so many words.

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  1. Ugly, hateful, dishonest man.

  2. Donald “the draft dodging coward and asshole loser” Trump…as always, a predictable asshole.

  3. “Strong,” “weak,” “winner,” “loser…” That’s all this guy can understand. He thinks people can make the world do whatever they want through nothing more than the force of their wills. He might end up rather baffled, though, when he learns that maybe he can’t make himself president through the mere force of his will.

  4. He’ll say anything, anywhere, anytime. Lies, lies, lies.

  5. NO!

    That was dick and bushie’s iraq fiasco that kicked that door open!

    Nice try though.

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