WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s not every day a presidential candidate will question the actions of the troops, and it may not make for smart politics. But that’s what Donald Trump did at a rally in North Carolina, when he seemed to accuse U.S. soldiers of making off with aid money meant for Iraq’s reconstruction.
The claim may have been eye-popping – but he was right.
Trump was on less solid ground when addressing a theory that the Obama administration worked with the group that grew into the Islamic State, which he did in a tweet.
A look at those claims and the facts behind them:
TRUMP: “Iraq, crooked as hell. How about bringing baskets of money, millions and millions of dollars and handing it out? I want to know, who are the soldiers that had that job, ’cause I think they’re living very well right now, whoever they may be.”