Donald Trump claims U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton are the “co-founders” of ISIS.
The assertion was made Wednesday night in Florida where Donald Trump held a rally. He defended his remarks that both Obama and Clinton were ISIS founders during an interview with CNBC Thursday morning:
“Is there something wrong with saying that?”
“Why – are people complaining that I said he was the founder of ISIS? All I do is tell the truth, I’m a truth teller.”
The DNC issued a statement saying Donald Trump should apologize:
Donald Trump should apologize for his outrageous, unhinged and patently false suggestions on the founding of ISIS,”
The statisticians at FiveThirtyEight have aggressively adjusted their prediction of who will win the presidency:
