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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump Stumbles and Lies His Way Through Vets Town Hall
Source: Daily Beast
Donald Trump Stumbles and Lies His Way Through Vets Town Hall
Its no secret that national security policy isnt Donald Trumps strong suit. But his lack of basic knowledge during a town hall with veterans on Tuesday was startling.
TIM MAK
09.06.16 5:05 PM ET
It was classic Trump: despite a friendly moderator, softball questions and an adoring crowd the Republican nominee bungled a national security Q&A Tuesday, just one day before a primetime special on some of the same topics.
After supporter and retired general Mike Flynn asked carefully crafted questions, Trump delivered incoherent answers, non-sequiturs and straight-up untruths as he tried to explain what he would do as commander-in-chief if elected.
Trumps biggest advantage has been rhetoric: big promiseseven unrealistic oneswithout any specifics or any reasonable ways to accomplish them.
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For example, he said that he would stem refugee flows from the civil war in Syria by creating safe zones in the Middle East. And while the United States, under a Trump administration, would lead the charge in creating these zones, it would neither help build the zones nor pay for itleaving the question open as to how America would get the zones done at all.
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Its no secret that national security policy isnt Donald Trumps strong suit. But his lack of basic knowledge during a town hall with veterans on Tuesday was startling.
TIM MAK
09.06.16 5:05 PM ET
It was classic Trump: despite a friendly moderator, softball questions and an adoring crowd the Republican nominee bungled a national security Q&A Tuesday, just one day before a primetime special on some of the same topics.
After supporter and retired general Mike Flynn asked carefully crafted questions, Trump delivered incoherent answers, non-sequiturs and straight-up untruths as he tried to explain what he would do as commander-in-chief if elected.
Trumps biggest advantage has been rhetoric: big promiseseven unrealistic oneswithout any specifics or any reasonable ways to accomplish them.
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For example, he said that he would stem refugee flows from the civil war in Syria by creating safe zones in the Middle East. And while the United States, under a Trump administration, would lead the charge in creating these zones, it would neither help build the zones nor pay for itleaving the question open as to how America would get the zones done at all.
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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/06/trump-stumbles-and-lies-his-way-through-vets-town-hall.html
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Donald Trump Stumbles and Lies His Way Through Vets Town Hall (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2016
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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)1. He was promising unicorns that fart sprinkles to cure cancer. nt
unblock
(52,224 posts)2. how did they manage to find someone even worse than sarah palin?
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)3. It is too much to hope Matt Louser will follow up with "What do you mean ?", "Why ?" "Can you
explain further ?"
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)5. Only with Hillary
Trump will be allowed to blather on about emails, Benghazi and "pay for play" without challenge. But, if somebody held the door open for Hillary in 1994, it will be an issue.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)4. I'm afraid I know the answer
when Katie Couric asks Donald 'what magazines and newspapers do you read?'
duncang
(1,907 posts)6. Lawerence O'Donnel nailed him last nite.
When Flynn would ask him a question even though dipshit spoke for a long time he still didn't answer the prepared softball question asked.