Hey Brine!
With all due respect, (and humor me! I'm getting old! {Like You! <Grin>!})
Could you please take the time to point out what it is that you, and
others suggest was offensive, disrespectful, and/or what has got the
President, (I watched his Presser this morning, and of course I have the
news going on in the background here in my office 24/7) and pretty much all
of the liberal "In The Tank For Hil Clinton" mainstream media's drawers all
up in a wad?
I also note how rigged this interview was, between Stephanopoulos and
Trump. ABC had Biden and token asshole and failed General Allen on right
after the Trump interview; but we'll come back to that in another thread.
Here's the excerpt of the transcript where Trump addresses Khan, and where
the purported offensive disrespectful diatribe took place:
(Please see below for my additional question!)
STEPHANOPOULOS: I don't know if you saw the speech, but there's man named
Khizr Khan, speaking at the Democratic convention last night. His son,
Captain Humayun Khan, was killed serving in Iraq, and he had some very
tough questions for you.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
KHIZR KHAN, CAPT. HUMAYUN KHAN'S FATHER: Have you read the United States
constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. You have sacrificed nothing
and no one.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STEPHANOPOULOS: He said you wouldn't have let his son in America.
TRUMP: He doesn't know -- he doesn't know that.
I saw him. He was, you know, very emotional. And probably looked like -- a
nice guy to me. His wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there.
She had nothing to say. She probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have
anything to say. You tell me, but plenty of people have written that.
She was extremely quiet and looked like she had nothing to say. A lot of
people have said that.
And personally, I watched him. I wish him the best of luck, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What would you say to the father?
TRUMP: Well, I would say, we have had a lot of problems with radical
Islamic terrorism, that's what I'd say. We have had a lot of problems where
you look at San Bernardino, you look at Orlando, you look at the World
Trade Center, you look at so many different things. You look at what
happened to the priest over the weekend in Paris, where his throat was cut,
85-year-old, beloved Catholic priest. You look at what happened in Nice,
France, a couple of weeks ago.
I would say, you gotta take a look that, because something is going on, and
it's not good.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He said you have sacrificed nothing and no one.
TRUMP: Well, that sounds -- who wrote that? Did Hillary's script writer
write it? Because everybody that went out there -- we also had John Allen,
who failed with ISIS. I mean, he was a general -- General Allen -- he went
out, and he's ranting and raving. And then I read a report. He was in there
for a number of months, and he failed with ISIS. And he's telling me, you
know.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You saw Hillary say it last night, you don't know more than
the generals.
TRUMP: Well, I tell you, the generals aren't doing so well right now.
Now, I have a feeling it may be Obama's fault. But if you look at ISIS,
General MacArthur, and General Patton, they're spinning in their graves.
The generals certainly aren't doing very well right now. And General Allen,
after I saw he was on ranting and raving about me, who he never met, I
checked up. Guess what? They were not so happy with him. He didn't beat
ISIS. He didn't beat ISIS. He didn't do well with ISIS.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How would you answer that father? What sacrifice have you
made for your country?
TRUMP: I think I have made a lot of sacrifices. I've work very, very hard.
I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs,
built great structures. I've done -- I've had tremendous success.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Those are sacrifices?
TRUMP: Oh, sure. I think they're sacrifices.
I think when I can employ thousands and thousands of people, take care of
their education, take care of so many things. Even in the military, I mean,
I was responsible along with a group of people for getting the Vietnam
Memorial built in downtown Manhattan, which to this day people thank me for.
I've raised millions of dollars for the vets. I'm helping the vets a lot. I
think my popularity with the vets is through the roof, far greater than
hers. She's done nothing, all she's done is tell everybody that the vets
are in good shape. They're fine. And they're not fine. People are waiting
in line for seven days to see a doctor.
STEPHANOPOULOS: 100 days left, what's the number one thing you have to do?
TRUMP: I think that I just want to continue to campaign the way I'm doing.
I'm leaving here. I'm going to a speech that's packed with thousands of
people. They're making, in many cases, less money now, George, than they
made 18 years ago. And they're working two jobs. They're working harder.
They're older. And it's unfair.
Our country's a mess. And that's why when she makes the speech, she doesn't
talk about radical Islam. She doesn't talk about the problems that we have
in this country and throughout the world. Many of the problems, she caused.
I mean, she created ISIS with her stupidity and her lack of knowledge with
her bad judgment.
You know, Bernie Sanders said something about Hillary Clinton that was very
interesting. He said she had bad judgment, great words, bad judgment. You
know what, she has bad judgment.
She has no instinct.
STEPHANOPUOLOS: Final question. Are you worried that the Democratic
convention is going to bounce her ahead of you in the polls?
TRUMP: I don't know. I mean, look, I had a very big bounce. In fact, I
think you even said it was one of the biggest bounces in 20 years. It's
been a long time since somebody had a bounce like that.
Look, I think the Republican convention was great or I wouldn't have had
the bounce that I had. As you said, I had 3 million people more than she
had on the final night. She had a Thursday, I had a Thursday, she had a
speech, I had a speech, I had 3 million people more than she did. And I had
a lot of people. There were a lot of people. I think I had 30 million. They
had 27 million. I think we're going to do very well in this election.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. Trump, thanks for your time.
TRUMP: Thank you very much.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
Below is the transcript in it's entirety, which can be found here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sunday-week-donald-trump-vice-president-joe-biden/story?id=41002344
Brine, I don't know how you, as an independent (non Party-Affiliated) voter
could look at what is transpiring on a daily basis with our national
mainstream media, and not see the bias, and the blatant attempt to "Trash
Trump"; and promote Hil Clinton! It's the most blatant bias that I ever
recall seeing, and it's on all networks, including FOX News! There is not
even an attempt to hide the disparity in coverage or somehow make it look
legitimate! the News-Media is clearly in the tank for the Clintons!
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR 'THIS WEEK' ON July 31, 2016 and it will be
updated.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Starting right now on THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/reporters/george-stephanopoulos.htm>,
making history...
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I accept your nomination.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Clinton's moment to shine, the party embracing this
historic first and unleashing on the opponent.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: "The Donald" is not really a
plans guy.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG <http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/mayor-bloomberg.htm>,
FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY: And I know a con when I see one.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You have sacrificed nothing.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In his first interview since the Democratic Convention
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/elections/democratic-convention.htm>,
Trump on the attack.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: She lies a lot. She has bad
judgment. She created ISIS with her stupidity.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our exclusive one-on-one with Donald Trump
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/donald-trump.htm>.
And a vice presidential exclusive -- Joe Biden
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/joe-biden.htm> on the
historic election and what's next.
Plus, the final countdown -- 100 days, 50 states and two nominees.
Can Trump's message reach new voters?
And can Clinton convince her toughest critics?
>From ABC News, it's THIS WEEK. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC HOST: Good morning.
As you may have seen from your morning papers, our exclusive interview with
Donald Trump is already generating headlines and controversy all over the
world, especially Mr. Trump's first response to the Khan family, Gold Star
parents of fallen soldier Humayun Khan.
Watch the whole exchange. Form your own judgments.
I met up with Mr. Trump Friday afternoon in Colorado Springs and he began
the interview exuberant from his Thursday night ratings win over Hillary
Clinton <http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/hillary-clinton.htm>.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about the Democratic Convention.
So you won the ratings war in the last night. Hillary Clinton's speech...
TRUMP: By millions, George. By millions.
STEPHANOPOULOS: A couple million, it's true.
TRUMP: Three.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hillary Clinton's speech -- 22 direct mentions of your
name, 78 references, very tough, including this one hit on your temperament.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CLINTON: A man you can bait with a Tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear
weapons <http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/issues/nuclear-program.htm>.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STEPHANOPOULOS: She quoted Jackie Kennedy suggesting you're a little man
moved by fear and pride.
TRUMP: She's a very dishonest person. I have one of the great temperaments.
I have a winning temperament. She has a bad temperament. She's weak. We
need a strong temperament and that's all it is, I have a strong
temperament. And...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But there are...
TRUMP: -- I do know how to win.
STEPHANOPOULOS: -- polls do show some concern about this, that -- whether
you can be trusted with the nuclear codes.
TRUMP: Well, I think that's probably because Hillary, that's all they talk
about is temperament. I think I have a great temperament. I beat 16 very
talented people in -- and I've never done this before. You don't do that
with a bad temperament.
I'm leading her in the polls, as you probably have noticed. And I think I
have a great temperament.
I have a temperament where I know how to win. She doesn't know how to win.
She's not a winner. She doesn't know how to win.
Honestly, she lies a lot and she really -- she should tell the truth. I
honestly believe if she told the truth -- because she made some reference
to my campaigning, I've had a beautiful -- I've had a -- had a flawless
campaign. You'll be writing books about this campaign. And yet she's
criticizing my campaign.
Now, her campaign, she couldn't beat Bernie, OK?
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, she did beat him.
TRUMP: Well, barely. And there's questions even about that. But barely. And
if you look at what's going on in terms of unity, the Bernie people are
angry. They're angry. He was angry.
What was amazing to me is when she was talking about Bernie last night, the
camera was on him and he was angry. It almost looks like he has buyer's
remorse, like he shouldn't have made the deal.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about Russia. You made a lot of headlines with
Russia this week.
What exactly is your relationship with Vladimir Putin
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/world/vladimir-putin.htm>?
TRUMP: I have no relationship to -- with him. I have no relationship with
him.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But if you have no relationship with Putin, then why did
you say in 2013, I do have a relationship. In 2014, I spoke...
TRUMP: Because he has said nice things about me over the years. I remember
years ago, he said something -- many years ago, he said something very nice
about me. I said something good about him when Larry King
<http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/reporters/larry-king.htm> was on. This
was a long time ago. And I said he is a tough cookie or something to that
effect.
He said something nice about me. This has been going on. We did "60
Minutes" together. By the way, not together-together, meaning he was
probably shot in Moscow...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, he was in Moscow...
TRUMP: -- and I was shot in New York.
STEPHANOPOULOS: -- you were in New York. But that's the thing.
TRUMP: No, just so you understand, he said very nice things about me, but I
have no relationship with him. I don't -- I've never met him.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Yet you said for three years, '13, '14 and '15, that you
did have a relationship with him.
TRUMP: No, look, what -- what do you call a relationship?
I mean he treats me...
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'm asking you.
TRUMP: -- with great respect. I have no relationship with Putin. I don't
think I've ever met him. I never met him. I don't think I've ever met him.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You would know if you did.
TRUMP: I think so.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I mean if he...
TRUMP: Yes, I think so. So I've -- I don't think I've ever met him. I mean
if he's in the same room or something. But I don't think so.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You never spoke to him on the phone?
TRUMP: I've been in Moscow. I didn't meet him in Moscow.
Where?
STEPHANOPOULOS: You've never spoken to him on the phone?
TRUMP: I have never spoken to him on the phone, no. I've speak -- I've
spoken -- when we had the Miss Universe contest a number of years ago, we
had Miss Universe in Moscow, in the Moscow area, he was invited. He wanted
to come. He wasn't able to come.
That would have been a time when I would have met him.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But a -- I just want to clear this up, because you did say
on three different occasions you had a relationship with him. Now you say
there is not.
TRUMP: Well, I don't know what it means by having a relationship. I mean he
was saying very good things about me, but I don't have a relationship with
him. I didn't meet him. I haven't spent time with him. I didn't have dinner
with him. I didn't go hiking with him. I don't know -- and I wouldn't know
him from Adam except I see his picture and I would know what he looks like.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Vice President Biden told me this week that Vladimir Putin
wants to beat Hillary and Madeleine Albright said that your victory would
be a gift to Putin.
And what they're pointing to is things like your statements about
conditioning our commitments to NATO allies, softening the GOP platform on
Ukraine, even considering softening sanctions and recognizing Russian
annexation of Crimea. They fear that that's going to hurt America and
advance Russia's interests.
TRUMP: They only fear one thing, losing the election. If our country got
along with Russia, that would be a great thing. When Putin goes out and
tells everybody -- and you talk about a relationship, but he says Donald
Trump is going to win and Donald Trump is a genius, and then I have people
saying you should disavow. I said, I'm going to disavow that?
But when Putin says good things and when we have a possibility of having a
good relationship with Russia...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But if we have a good relationship...
TRUMP: -- I think...
(CROSSTALK)
STEPHANOPOULOS: -- his annexation of Crimea.
TRUMP: I'm not going to be mean to anybody. George, you know me pretty
well. I don't bow, OK. I don't bow.
But if we can have a good relationship with Russia and if Russia would help
us get rid of ISIS, frankly, as far as I'm concerned, you're talking about
tremendous amounts of money and lives and everything else, that would be a
positive thing, not a negative thing.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Even if that means conditioning our commitments to NATO, as
you said?
TRUMP: No, because you're not going to do that. NATO is going to be just
fine. But NATO countries -- we have 28 countries -- many of them are taking
advantage of us because they're not paying. So we're protecting these
countries and they're not paying.
And when people leave that last part in, everybody agrees with me.
I'm all in favor of NATO. I said NATO is obsolete. I was asked a question
by one of your competitors and I said NATO is obsolete, because it's not
taking care of terror. You understand that. And it turned out I was right.
A lot of people gave me credit for that.
Then, three months ago, on the front page of "The Wall Street Journal,"
they said NATO to develop a terror division. And somebody who's supposed to
be very extraordinary was put in charge of it.
That was all because of me. So I was right about that.
I was also right about the fact that NATO, we're being taken advantage of
by NATO countries, totally advantage of (INAUDIBLE)...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Then why did you soften the GOP platform on Ukraine?
TRUMP: I wasn't involved in that. Honestly, I was not involved.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Your people were.
TRUMP: Yes. I was not involved in that. I'd like to -- I'd have to take a
look at it. But I was not involved in that.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you know what they did?
TRUMP: They softened it, I heard, but I was not involved.
STEPHANOPOULOS: They took away the part of the platform calling for the
provision of lethal weapons to Ukraine to defend themselves.
Why is that a good idea?
TRUMP: Well, look, you know, I have my own ideas. He's not going into
Ukraine, OK?
Just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right?
You can mark it down and you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you
want.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, he's already there, isn't he?
TRUMP: OK, well, he's there in a certain way, but I'm not there yet. You
have Obama there. And frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess under
Obama, with all the strength that you're talking about and all of the power
of NATO and all of this, in the meantime, he's going where -- he takes --
takes Crimea, he's sort of -- I mean...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you said you might recognize that.
TRUMP: I'm going to take a look at it. But, you know, the people of Crimea,
from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were. And
you have to look at that, also.
Now, that was under -- just so you understand, that was done under Obama's
administration. And as far as the Ukraine is concerned, it's a mess. And
that's under the Obama's administration, with his strong ties to NATO.
So with all of these strong ties to NATO, Ukraine is a mess. Crimea has
been taken. Don't blame Donald Trump for that.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You said that...
TRUMP: And we'll do better and yet we'll have a better relationship with
Russia.
And having a good relationship -- maybe. and having a good relationship
with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You said you have no investments in Russia.
But do you owe any money to Russian individuals and institutions?
TRUMP: No. Not.
STEPHANOPOULOS: No?
TRUMP: The primary thing I did what Russia -- I bought a house in Palm
Beach at a bankruptcy. It was a bankrupt, you know, person. I bought it
from the banks. I bought it for about $40 million. I sold it for $100
million to a Russian.
That was probably five years ago. And that was primarily it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You partner now with...
TRUMP: Now, well I sell...
STEPHANOPOULOS: (INAUDIBLE) Grand...
TRUMP: Will I sell -- many years ago. I don't think they're Russian. I
think there were other people, but there were various partners.
Will I sell condos to Russians on occasion?
Probably.
I mean I do that. I have a lot of condos. I do that. But I have no
relationship to Russia whatsoever.
STEPHANOPOULOS: No debts?
TRUMP: No debts. I have very little debt to anybody. I don't need debt. You
know, it's very interesting, I'm so liquid, I don't need debt. And if I
need debt, if I want debt, I can get it from banks in New York City very
easily.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You know where I'm going to take this next. Americans could
be assured on that if they saw your tax returns.
TRUMP: My tax returns are very simple. They're under a minor audit, a
routine audit, as they have been for many years. Every year I get audited.
Now, I don't know if you get audited but I have friends...
STEPHANOPOULOS: I've been audited.
TRUMP: -- who are very wealthy that never have been audited. I say -- you
get audited. I get audited every year. I'm under a routine audited like
routine. And I've been for years, every year.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Is there something...
(CROSSTALK)
TRUMP: George, it is very simple. Yes, but they're all linked. It's called
the link.
It's very simple, if my audit is finished, that's great.
Now, I have to tell you. I watched Mitt Romney four years ago. He waited
until September to give them, just before the election. They made him look
so bad, it was so unfair, I actually think he didn't lose because of the 47
percent, I think he lost because of a couple of really minor items in tax
return where he did nothing wrong. So it is unfair.
But I will say, when I'm finished with the audit, I'll do it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Richard Nixon released his even though his were under audit.
TRUMP: I don't use Richard Nixon as necessarily the guide, OK. I mean, you
know, it's an interesting person to use, but don't use it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Mike Bloomberg very tough on you a the Democratic
convention.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BLOOMBERG: Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his
business? God help us.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STEPHANOPOULOS; Called you a con man, reckless. Even seemed...
TRUMP: He doesn't know me well.
Michael Bloomberg, when he had a problem in Ferry Point, which is a massive
job where his administration was a mess, they couldn't get it built. They
called me. I took it over. I got it done in a year.
Michael Bloomberg couldn't get elected as a dogcatcher in New York.
STEPHANOPOULOS: In the past you said he was a great mayor.
TRUMP: Sure, he was good. But his last term was terrible. He did a terrible
thing his last term. And frankly a lot of people didn't like him. He spent
a fortune to get elected. Shouldn't have gone to a third term. The snow
removal was a disaster. He had a problems. Michael Bloomberg had a big
problem with Ferry Point in the Bronx. They called me. I made a deal. I
took it over. I got it built. I got it open. It's open today. It's very
successful.
And think, personally, I think he made a deal with Hillary where he gets a
job, because he'd like to -- because Michael Bloomberg has wanted to run
for president for probably as long as you have known him and guess what? He
never had the guts to do it. And now I see this guy up on stage saying
negative things. He knows nothing about me. He's never been to my office. I
don't know him well.
STEPHANOPOULOS; You played golf together.
TRUMP: Maybe once.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Here's what he hit you on in the speech....
TRUMP: And I hit the ball a lot longer, and a lot better.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He hit you for hypocrisy in the speech. For selling
products overseas, gaming the visa system to hire foreign works at low
wages. And just this week BuzzFeed reported that Mar-a-Lago is putting out
application for 78 more visas for foreign workers even though...
TRUMP: Should I tell you about it? Mara-a-Lago is a very successful club in
Palm Beach, Florida, the Mar-a-Lago club, and during the season, it's very,
very hard to get employees.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The local employment agencies say they have more than 1,000
people...
TRUMP: We interview -- and we have a lot of people. We come with a lot of
people. But it's very, very hard to get people in Palm Beach during the
Palm Beach season. It's called the Palm Beach social season. And what we do
is we sometimes we have to bring people in.
As far as product, our country doesn't make product anymore. You have other
countries devalue their currencies. They make it impossible. You look at
suits and ties and shirts. You look at steel, you look at so many different
things, it's...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But our country does make those products, but you don't.
TRUMP: Very small. 3 percent of our product is made in apparel. And much of
the material comes from overseas.
It's very -- if you want to get a television today -- I buy thousands of
television sets. If I want a television, I would love the buy American-made
televisions like they used to have where they had GE and Sylvania and all
of the different. Today, it's Samsung, it's LG, it's Sony. We don't make
televisions anymore.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you're out there saying other American companies must
come and create jobs here, but you're not willing to do it yourself.
TRUMP: This is nothing new what you're saying. I talk about this during my
speech. When I do ties, I bid them out. And I go all over the place. You
have companies over in different countries where they devalue their
currency and they make it impossible for American companies to compete.
The hat, Make America Great Again. I fought like crazy to find a company in
this country that could make the hats. And I found one. And they're
American-made, but it's -- because I knew the first thing people would do
is, where is the hat made. OK, Make America Great.
But it is very, very hard for our companies to compete, because other
company -- other countries -- and it's really the countries, other
countries take advantage of us.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Here are numbers of hiring of foreign workers. Since 2010,
300 U.S. applicants in Mar-a-Lago, 17 hired, more than 500 visa
applications.
TRUMP: Well, you know what? I don't hire the people. But if you look at all
the other places in Palm Beach, they're all doing exactly the same thing.
And you know why they're doing that? You know why they're doing that?
Because you can't get people, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What do you think a voter thinks when they hear you say I
can't find American workers. I can't find American workers.
TRUMP: I think the voter understand it, because they understand that -- you
know, you're not reinventing the wheel here with these questions. These get
asked all the time. I've been asked about Mar-a-Lago. I have many other
places where I don't have to do that, because you have a normal season.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about debates. You can accept the
recommendations of the debate commission? Three debates, one VP debate?
TRUMP: Well, I tell you what I don't like, it's against two NFL games. I
got a letter from the NFL saying this is ridiculous, why are the debates
against -- because the NFL doesn't want to go against the debates because
the debates are going to be pretty massive, from what I understand.
And I don't think we should be against the NFL. I don't know how the dates
were picked. I don't know why those particular dates.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So, you don't like the dates that are out there.
TRUMP: Well, I don't like dates against -- you know, Hillary Clinton wants
to be against the NFL. She doesn't maybe like she did with Bernie Sanders
where they were on Saturday nights when nobody's home.
But they're against the NFL. I saw the dates. Two -- I think two of the
three are against the NFL, so I'm not thrilled with that. But I like three
debates. I think that's fine. I think it's enough. Somebody said one
debate, I would rather have three. I think they will be very interesting.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I don't know if you saw the speech, but there's man named
Khizr Khan, speaking at the Democratic convention last night. His son,
Captain Humayun Khan, was killed serving in Iraq, and he had some very
tough questions for you.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
KHIZR KHAN, CAPT. HUMAYUN KHAN'S FATHER: Have you read the United States
constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. You have sacrificed nothing
and no one.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STEPHANOPOULOS: He said you wouldn't have let his son in America.
TRUMP: He doesn't know -- he doesn't know that.
I saw him. He was, you know, very emotional. And probably looked like -- a
nice guy to me. His wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there.
She had nothing to say. She probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have
anything to say. You tell me, but plenty of people have written that.
She was extremely quiet and looked like she had nothing to say. A lot of
people have said that.
And personally, I watched him. I wish him the best of luck, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What would you say to the father?
TRUMP: Well, I would say, we have had a lot of problems with radical
Islamic terrorism, that's what I'd say. We have had a lot of problems where
you look at San Bernardino, you look at Orlando, you look at the World
Trade Center, you look at so many different things. You look at what
happened to the priest over the weekend in Paris, where his throat was cut,
85-year-old, beloved Catholic priest. You look at what happened in Nice,
France, a couple of weeks ago.
I would say, you gotta take a look that, because something is going on, and
it's not good.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He said you have sacrificed nothing and no one.
TRUMP: Well, that sounds -- who wrote that? Did Hillary's script writer
write it? Because everybody that went out there -- we also had John Allen,
who failed with ISIS. I mean, he was a general -- General Allen -- he went
out, and he's ranting and raving. And then I read a report. He was in there
for a number of months, and he failed with ISIS. And he's telling me, you
know.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You saw Hillary say it last night, you don't know more than
the generals.
TRUMP: Well, I tell you, the generals aren't doing so well right now.
Now, I have a feeling it may be Obama's fault. But if you look at ISIS,
General MacArthur, and General Patton, they're spinning in their graves.
The generals certainly aren't doing very well right now. And General Allen,
after I saw he was on ranting and raving about me, who he never met, I
checked up. Guess what? They were not so happy with him. He didn't beat
ISIS. He didn't beat ISIS. He didn't do well with ISIS.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How would you answer that father? What sacrifice have you
made for your country?
TRUMP: I think I have made a lot of sacrifices. I've work very, very hard.
I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs,
built great structures. I've done -- I've had tremendous success.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Those are sacrifices?
TRUMP: Oh, sure. I think they're sacrifices.
I think when I can employ thousands and thousands of people, take care of
their education, take care of so many things. Even in the military, I mean,
I was responsible along with a group of people for getting the Vietnam
Memorial built in downtown Manhattan, which to this day people thank me for.
I've raised millions of dollars for the vets. I'm helping the vets a lot. I
think my popularity with the vets is through the roof, far greater than
hers. She's done nothing, all she's done is tell everybody that the vets
are in good shape. They're fine. And they're not fine. People are waiting
in line for seven days to see a doctor.
STEPHANOPOULOS: 100 days left, what's the number one thing you have to do?
TRUMP: I think that I just want to continue to campaign the way I'm doing.
I'm leaving here. I'm going to a speech that's packed with thousands of
people. They're making, in many cases, less money now, George, than they
made 18 years ago. And they're working two jobs. They're working harder.
They're older. And it's unfair.
Our country's a mess. And that's why when she makes the speech, she doesn't
talk about radical Islam. She doesn't talk about the problems that we have
in this country and throughout the world. Many of the problems, she caused.
I mean, she created ISIS with her stupidity and her lack of knowledge with
her bad judgment.
You know, Bernie Sanders said something about Hillary Clinton that was very
interesting. He said she had bad judgment, great words, bad judgment. You
know what, she has bad judgment.
She has no instinct.
STEPHANOPUOLOS: Final question. Are you worried that the Democratic
convention is going to bounce her ahead of you in the polls?
TRUMP: I don't know. I mean, look, I had a very big bounce. In fact, I
think you even said it was one of the biggest bounces in 20 years. It's
been a long time since somebody had a bounce like that.
Look, I think the Republican convention was great or I wouldn't have had
the bounce that I had. As you said, I had 3 million people more than she
had on the final night. She had a Thursday, I had a Thursday, she had a
speech, I had a speech, I had 3 million people more than she did. And I had
a lot of people. There were a lot of people. I think I had 30 million. They
had 27 million. I think we're going to do very well in this election.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. Trump, thanks for your time.
TRUMP: Thank you very much.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote:
> With regard to Trump, I thought he was quite respectful toward the Khan
> family. I do think it's a valid point regarding Ms. Khan. She is
> chattel in the Islamic community, and Americans need to be made aware of
> that.
>
>
> Now who's drinking the kool-aid!!! It was 100% disrespectful!!!
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I wonder why the same standard hasn't been applied to Gold Star family
>> members Patrcia Smith and Charles Woods? The liberal left "In The Tank
>> For Hil Clinton" media, as well as Ms. Clinton herself have surely been
>> disrespectful toward both families.
>>
>> With regard to Trump, I thought he was quite respectful toward the Khan
>> family. I do think it's a valid point regarding Ms. Khan. She is
>> chattel in the Islamic community, and Americans need to be made aware of
>> that.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:05 AM, plainolamerican <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/ghazala-khan-is-a-gold-star-mother-heres-what-that-means.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article
>>>
>>> ...*How do veterans groups view the controversy?*
>>>
>>> “In the military and veterans community, Gold Star families are sacred,”
>>> said Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
>>> America. “They’re a group of people who uniquely understand the price of
>>> freedom and the cost of war.”
>>>
>>> Mr. Rieckhoff said the respect afforded to those families cut across
>>> political lines.
>>>
>>> “Any attack on them will be faced with a swift and overwhelming
>>> response,” he said. “We owe it to our brothers and sisters who have died to
>>> defend their families.”
>>>
>>> The Veterans of Foreign Wars also strongly criticized Mr. Trump’s
>>> comments. “Election year or not, the V.F.W. will not tolerate anyone
>>> berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of
>>> speech or expression,” the group’s leader, Brian Duffy, said in a
>>> statement....
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