Post by rubl on Jun 17, 2016 0:00:33 GMT 7
On some forums I know he would be called a troll by some and quoted as God's messenger by others.
"Trump's new Obama claims thrust him into uncharted territory
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Trump spent the first days following the Orlando nightclub massacre hinting Obama was sympathizing with or even supporting terrorists. Some of those times he said he was repeating what "many people" believe — one of the presumptive Republican nominee's favorite ways to sprinkle conspiracy theories into the presidential campaign.
By Wednesday, Trump abandoned the innuendo and embraced a more pointed accusation against Obama.
"Media fell all over themselves criticizing what Donald Trump 'may have insinuated about @potus.' But he's right," Trump posted on Twitter. The message included a link to a story by Breitbart News, a Trump-friendly website, that claimed to have proof the Obama administration backed a terror group in Iraq.
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For years, Trump has been the most high-profile proponent of the "birther" movement that falsely claims Obama is a Muslim who was born outside the United States, when in fact he is a Christian born in Hawaii. The businessman has also floated debunked conspiracy theories about former rival Ted Cruz's father being involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Hillary Clinton playing a role in the death of former White House aide Vince Foster.
For Republican officials already struggling with whether to fully embrace him, Trump's willingness to engage in stories usually limited to supermarket tabloids is only making their options more complicated.
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sg.news.yahoo.com/wake-orlando-attack-classic-trump-returns-campaign-073346446--election.html
"Trump's new Obama claims thrust him into uncharted territory
...
Trump spent the first days following the Orlando nightclub massacre hinting Obama was sympathizing with or even supporting terrorists. Some of those times he said he was repeating what "many people" believe — one of the presumptive Republican nominee's favorite ways to sprinkle conspiracy theories into the presidential campaign.
By Wednesday, Trump abandoned the innuendo and embraced a more pointed accusation against Obama.
"Media fell all over themselves criticizing what Donald Trump 'may have insinuated about @potus.' But he's right," Trump posted on Twitter. The message included a link to a story by Breitbart News, a Trump-friendly website, that claimed to have proof the Obama administration backed a terror group in Iraq.
...
For years, Trump has been the most high-profile proponent of the "birther" movement that falsely claims Obama is a Muslim who was born outside the United States, when in fact he is a Christian born in Hawaii. The businessman has also floated debunked conspiracy theories about former rival Ted Cruz's father being involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Hillary Clinton playing a role in the death of former White House aide Vince Foster.
For Republican officials already struggling with whether to fully embrace him, Trump's willingness to engage in stories usually limited to supermarket tabloids is only making their options more complicated.
...
"
sg.news.yahoo.com/wake-orlando-attack-classic-trump-returns-campaign-073346446--election.html
