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EVEN HIS SUPPORTERS concede that it’s often difficult to ascertain what Donald Trump actually meant to say, whenever his controversial comments make the headlines.
Earlier in the week, his comments about ’2nd amendment people’ potentially taking action against Hillary Clinton sparked debate – with critics of the GOP nominee contending his remarks were an incitement to violence. Paul Ryan, America’s most senior elected Republican, said it had sounded like a “joke gone bad”.
In the last 48 hours or so, Trump’s latest remarks, about Barack Obama ‘founding Isis’ have taken over US and international news cycles.
But given several opportunities to explain what he meant while campaigning yesterday, the businessman failed to do so – appearing to indicate he meant the accusation to be taken literally.
As usual with Trump, he left himself and his surrogates a little room to walk back the charged language at some later stage – but speaking to a conservative radio host in a wide-ranging interview, he declined to take the cue to broaden-out his criticism of Obama’s Middle East policies.
“I know what you meant – you meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace,” host Hugh Hewitt said, according to a transcript of the show.
“No, I meant that he’s the founder of Isis, I do,” Trump said.
“He was the most valuable player – I gave him the most valuable player award. I give her too, by the way,” he added, referring to Clinton.
Giving some extra context, he added:
He was the founder. His, the way he got out of Iraq was that that was the founding of Isis, okay?
‘No, he didn’t'
For her part, Clinton admonished Trump for his accusation, tweeting ”No, Barack Obama is not the founder of ISIS”.
Anyone willing to sink so low, so often should never be allowed to serve as our commander-in-chief.
A furious Democratic National Committee also called on the developer to “apologise for his outrageous, unhinged and patently false suggestions”.
The Republican nominee debuted his latest controversial assertion on Wednesday night at a rally in Florida, and repeated it several times yesterday.
And while political pundits on both sides of the Atlantic appear, at this stage, to have given up on wondering whether he’s “gone too far this time”, at least one attendee at that rally (bottom left in the photo above) seemed less-than-convinced of the wisdom of Trump’s tactic…
Elsewhere yesterday, the Republican told CNBC that he would either win this November’s general election with his frank, off-the-cuff style or enjoy a “very, very, nice long vacation”.
In comments that may cause further worries within the GOP establishment he said:
I’m a truth teller. All I do is tell the truth. And if at the end of 90 days, I’ve fallen short because I’m somewhat politically correct even though I’m supposed to be the smart one and even though I’m supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it’s OK. I go back to a very good way of life.
With reporting from AFP
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Is this a wind up ?
On the other hand I’d love to have the money to buy it
Just like and share to be in with a chance to win one.
Not for me.
I couldn’t tell my boss I was late because of my watch.
Don’t see any reason there to pay 1.1m for a watch, save the money and ask someone the time, or if you can pay that type of cash for a watch why the fu*k would you care what time it is
I honestly think a finely made watch is beautiful. I feel naked if I don’t wear one on a night out. I think a watch and ring is the only jewellery a man should wear. I do have a watch fetish but have never spent any more that 500 euro on one. Any more is just silly. But sure if you are loaded why not.
I agree family guy, I wear my watch all the time and feel naked without it.
Does it have a calculator though?
And all it does is tell the time
does it have a sexy voice..??
Ill have 2
One for each wrist?
Oh yeh. I’ll be unbalanced if i don’t
Another upstart of a company.
Established no doubt, to separate new money easterners from their cash.
Well if they’re foolish with their dollars.
Maybe they deserve to be shafted.
Your a boor.
Fact are booring.
My auld Casio will do me. Best 15euro I ever spent.
I’d rather have a Veyron.
But not the cost of running it. They would financially cripple you, which is why the vast majority of those on the market have hardly been driven.
You think the running cost is why the majority of veyrons are not driven in public…?
Skin, no, not the sole reason but almost certainly a contributory factor.
Four sprung durch technik?
Time is your worst enemy, why would you pay 1.1 Million, for a watch, and half the world’s Children starving, it beggers belief.
300 watches = 1 children’s hospital
But you can’t wear the other 299 watches on your arm now can you.
Do the ladies really judge a fella by the piece on his wrist?!
To spend that much on a watch you’d have to have a piece for a head…
It’s not what’s on his wrist that they care about, it’s the distance from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. So shallow…
I’ve got 200 of these unwrapped which can’t be sold. Like and share to be in with a chance to win one :)
Well it would also have to bring me my tea and toast up to the bed in the morning as well if I paid that price for it!!!!!!
Does it only work when tethered to an iPhone 6?
what is a power reserve function? and how is it powered?
Looks like the strap is extra!
If I could afford this I would care what time it was
Saw a watch that cost $350,000 in a shop the other day. It’s made from authentic pieces salvaged from the Titanic! Some people…
Watch yourself….
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