Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of establishing the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn many respects, you know, they honour President Obama,\u201d Trump said during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. \u201cHe is the founder of ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n
He repeated the allegation three more times for emphasis.<\/p>\n
The Republican presidential nominee in the past has accused his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, of founding the militant group. As he shifted the blame to Obama on Wednesday, he said that \u201ccrooked Hillary Clinton\u201d was actually the group\u2019s co-founder.<\/p>\n
Trump has long blamed Obama and his former secretary of state \u2014 Clinton \u2014 for pursuing Mideast policies that created a power vacuum in Iraq that was exploited by IS, another acronym for the group. He\u2019s sharply criticized Obama for announcing he would pull US troops out of Iraq — a decision that many Obama critics say created the kind of instability in which extremist groups like IS thrive.<\/p>\n
The White House declined to comment on Trump\u2019s accusation.<\/p>\n
The Islamic State group began as Iraq\u2019s local affiliate of al-Qaeda, the group that attacked the U.S. on 9\/11. The group carried out massive attacks against Iraq\u2019s Shiite Muslim majority, fuelling tensions with al-Qaida\u2019s central leadership. The local group\u2019s then-leader, Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in 2006 in a U.S. airstrike but is still seen as the Islamic State group\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s accusation \u2014 and his use of the president\u2019s middle name, Hussein \u2014 echoed of previous instances where he\u2019s questioned Obama\u2019s loyalties.<\/p>\n
In June, when a shooter who claimed allegiance to IS killed 49 people in an Orlando, Florida nightclub, Trump seemed to suggest Obama was sympathetic to the group when he said Obama \u201cdoesn\u2019t get it or, or he gets it better than anybody understands.\u201d In the past, Trump has also falsely suggested Obama is a Muslim or was born in Kenya, where Obama\u2019s father was from.<\/p>\n
The president, a Christian, was born in Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Trump lobbed the allegation midway through his rally at a sports arena, where riled-up supporters shouted obscenities about Clinton and joined in unison to shout \u201clock her up.\u201d He railed against the fact that the Orlando shooter\u2019s father, Seddique Mateen, was spotted in the crowd behind Clinton during a Monday rally in Florida, adding, \u201cOf course he likes Hillary Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sitting behind Trump at his rally on Wednesday was former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who resigned in 2006 after allegations he sent sexually suggestive messages to former House pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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