Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to President Obama as the “founder of ISIS,” and he called Hillary Clinton the terrorist group’s “co-founder.” In Orlando yesterday, Trump also said that ISIS would present Obama with their “Most Valuable Player” award.
Answering reports about those statements, Trump blasted CNN and other pundits, saying they don’t understand he was being intentionally over-the-top:
Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) "the founder" of ISIS, & MVP. THEY DON'T GET SARCASM?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2016
I love watching these poor, pathetic people (pundits) on television working so hard and so seriously to try and figure me out. They can't!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2016
Trump doubled down on the “Obama was the founder of ISIS” comments yesterday in an interview with Hugh Hewitt, with no mention of sarcasm.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/764060004676694016
Wait — two days later it's sarcasm? He was adamant yesterday with @hughhewitt that he meant what he said. https://t.co/xKRAbq7bZm
— Alex Wayne (@aawayne) August 12, 2016
Yesterday, Trump insisted that he meant it literally. https://t.co/XSQryUpv3H
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) August 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/pourmecoffee/status/764063914996801536
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