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Trump says he could have won Vietnam War in a week at Iowa rally
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Raw Story, HuffPost and MeidasTouch report that President Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, days before the midterm elections, in support of Rep. Ashley Hinson’s Senate campaign. The outlets say Trump claimed he could have won the Vietnam War in a week and that he would have targeted Ho Chi Minh City instead of years of bombing forests. HuffPost and MeidasTouch say he appeared to confuse Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam’s wartime capital, with Hanoi, the capital of the North. Raw Story also reports that Trump said he could have solved the war in Afghanistan in a week, and quotes analyst Gregory Brew calling the boast curious.
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Trump spoke at a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, days before the midterm elections.
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- Raw Story, HuffPost, MeidasTouch
Trump said he could have won the Vietnam War in a week.
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- Raw Story, HuffPost, MeidasTouch
Trump appeared to confuse Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam’s wartime capital, with Hanoi, North Vietnam’s capital.
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- HuffPost, MeidasTouch
Trump said he could have solved the war in Afghanistan in a week.
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Gregory Brew, an analyst at the Eurasia Group, called the boast a curious one to make.
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All three outlets report Trump told a Dubuque, Iowa, rally he could have won the Vietnam War in a week, and that he appeared to confuse Ho Chi Minh City with Hanoi. The coverage treats the remark as a mistake-filled boast and stresses Trump’s own Vietnam draft deferments.
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All three outlets are Far Left and frame the remark as a mistake-filled boast that backfired, with headlines stressing Trump’s geography errors and his Vietnam draft deferments.
Geography Blunder Lands Trump a Community Note
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strange bragunsettling claimoutrageous boastsupposed draft-dodging
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strange bragMore neutral: remark
Calling the remark strange pre-judges it before the facts are set out.
A strange brag President Donald Trump let out during his rally in Iowa on Sunday immediately blew…
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unsettling claimMore neutral: claim
Calling the claim unsettling adds drama the reported words do not carry.
During his speech, Trump made an unsettling claim about his ability to "win" wars, and how he would have handled some of the…
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outrageous boastMore neutral: boast
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…deferment history and apparent mistakes during a midterm speech mitigated his outrageous boast.
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supposed draft-dodgingMore neutral: alleged draft-dodging, with the deferments described
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…week during a mistake-riddled boast that invited further scorn because of his supposed draft-dodging in the conflict ― in which he received deferments for college and bone spurs…
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bloviating rantMore neutral: speech
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In his bloviating rant Sunday, Trump seemed to require assistance from the Dubuque, Iowa, rally crowd to…
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- Trump’s confusion of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- Trump’s Vietnam draft deferments
- ridicule of the one-week boast
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- MeidasTouchFar Left
Geography Blunder Lands Trump a Community Note
The president said he would bomb allies to win one of the United States’ previous wars.
- HuffPostFar Left
Trump's Vietnam War Brag Backfires On So Many Levels
The president’s deferment history and apparent mistakes during a midterm speech mitigated his Loaded modifier“outrageous boast”Calling the boast outrageous states a judgement the reader is not given the basis to share.More neutral: boastDisagree with this highlight?.
- Raw StoryFar Left
Trump's 'curious' rally brag immediately blows up in his face: 'Couldn't defeat algae'
A Loaded modifier“strange brag”Calling the remark strange pre-judges it before the facts are set out.More neutral: remarkDisagree with this highlight? President Donald Trump let out during his rally in Iowa on Sunday immediately blew up in his face. Trump traveled to Dubuque, Iowa, to rally for Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) as she seeks higher office in the Senate against Democratic challenger Josh Turek. …
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Raw Story, Nov 1, 7:59 PM EST
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- HuffPostFar LeftNov 2, 6:30 AM EST
- MeidasTouchFar LeftNov 2, 9:27 AM EST
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