Trump may be running into some problems now that he is starting to be asked about… specific things as opposed to generalities.
He had an interview with Hugh Hewitt, a conservative radio host the other day, and it did not go well. From an article:
The host began by asking each candidate about General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iran Revolutionary Guard’s Quds forces, and how the Iranian nuclear deal would affect Iran’s militant proxies.
Trump began his answer by discussing the Kurds, an ethnic group in the region. When Hewitt clarified that he said “Quds,” Trump replied, “Oh, I thought you said Kurds.”
On General Soleimani, Trump asked Hewitt, “Is he the gentleman that was going back and forth with Russia and meeting with Putin? I read something…Not good for us. And what it shows is a total lack of respect, I mean, that the other countries would even be entertaining him, and they’re entertaining him big league.”
Hewitt then asked if Trump was familiar with the major players in Middle Eastern groups, to include terrorist groups.
At this point, Trump was getting flustered, and accused Hewitt of asking him “gotcha” questions.
By contrast, let’s look at Carly Fiorina’s answers.
On General Soleimani:
On the names of terrorist leaders:
These were essentially softball questions that Hewitt was asking. He was giving the two candidates a chance polish their foreign policy credentials by ripping into Obama’s Iran deal and the mess that Iraq is in right now. Trump flubbed them both, however, and (as is his wont) he is calling out Hewitt as a “third rate radio host”. Which may be true, but still…
