Trump Effectively Hits Obama and Clinton in National Security Policy Speech

Published August 15, 2016 8:59pm ET



Donald Trump delivered a strong speech Monday on thwarting terrorists and crushing ISIS while cleverly disguising it as an address on national security policy.

For once in recent days, Trump didn’t get too clever. He lashed out at President Obama and Hillary Clinton for allowing Iraq to become fertile soil for the creation of ISIS. He didn’t claim they had “founded” ISIS—that was Trump’s position last week—only that their policies had allowed the terrorist group to flourish.

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