Thursday, September 03, 2015

Watch Donald Trump Completely Contradict Himself on US Troops in Iraq

Donald Trump, the celebrity tycoon and front-runner in the Republican 2016 race, doesn’t hold back when he criticizes the Bush-Cheney crowd for the Iraq War. Over the years, he has called the Iraq invasion a “big mistake” and a “mess,” and he has insisted he never would have launched that war. Though the war remains unpopular, Trump’s critique does put him at odds with the Republican establishment and GOP voters who supported the invasion. So as he has soared to the top of the polls, Trump has deftly devised a way of discussing the Iraq War that includes Obama-bashing. The problem (well, it would be a problem for a conventional politician): Trump is contradicted by his own words .... http://www.motherjones.com