President-wannabe Donald Trump insists he was being sarcastic when he claimed Obama started ISIS
Trump's clarification raises new questions about his ability to take on Presidency as he is subjected to heightened scrutiny
PRESIDENT-hopeful Donald Trump attempted to do away with the controversy surrounding his campaign on Friday by insisting he was not being serious when he insisted President Obama and Hillary Clinton “founded” ISIS.
The attempt at a clarification has raised numerous questions about the Republican nominee’s ability to verbally communicate with the American public, all the while putting his surrogates in the undesirable position of having to explain remarks he might not actually mean.
Following the suggestion on Wednesday evening, Trump went back on his words on Friday, insisting he had not intended to say President Obama and Democratic candidate Clinton founded ISIS.
24 hours later, Trump changed his tone again, this time insisting he was being sarcastic the whole time.
In a tweet, Trump wrote: “Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) "the founder" of ISIS, & MVP. THEY DON'T GET SARCASM?”
Trump is in the process of refocusing his campaign amid declining poll numbers.
He is also facing heightened scrutiny as the US presidential campaign comes to its end, forcing his loyal allies to publicly support his controversial comments regardless of meaning or intention.
Former New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani went to great lengths to support Trump in an interview with on Thursday.
The dictionary says
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the word "sarcasm" is defined as the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticise something in a humorous way.
Mr Giuliani said: “I think what he’s saying there is legitimate, political commentary.
“It is true in a sense that before Obama, ISIS was an almost unknown, small little organisation, he who called it the jayvee, totally wrong, and here’s why it happened, because he withdrew the troops from Iraq,” he continued.
A large number of Republicans have attempted to argue that the Obama administration, in which Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state, permitted ISIS to grow by opting not to send troops to the Middle East.
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