Trump uses terror attacks to boast that he can handle ISIS

Published July 4, 2016 1:01pm ET



Donald Trump kicked Independence Day off with a series of tweets about terrorist attacks that took place around the globe over the weekend, arguing that he was best equipped to deal with the problem.

“The third mass attack (slaughter) in days by ISIS. 200 dead in Baghdad, worst in many years. We do not have leadership that can stop this!” Trump opined. Before that, he commented on a Saturday attack in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, saying, “In Bangladesh, hostages were immediately killed by ISIS terrorists if they were unable to cite a verse from the Koran. 20 were killed!”

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