Donald Trump wants to phone a friend when it comes to his position on the Iraq War: Fox News anchor Sean Hannity. Trump apparently had some very intricate, top secret, and extensive conversations with Hannity about his views on the war—if only reporters would check into it! Trump assured viewers of that Monday night from the debate stage:
I then spoke to Sean Hannity, which everyone refuses to call Sean Hannity. I had numerous conversations with Sean Hannity at Fox.
So there you go. We're about to invade Iraq. American lives are on the line. A foreign entanglement that could (and has!) consumed the nation for years to come is about to ensue. Who do you call? Hannity. Of course. A phone call Hannity actually confirmed following the debate.
Can we just note here that less than half of the viewing audience last night probably even knew who Sean Hannity was? Fox News watchers knew, but they're already voting for Trump. They don't care about his Iraq War position or really anything else, other than he's a nasty man who says nasty things about Hillary, about women, about everything. He's just nasty—and they like it! Anyway, back to Hannity, who holds the key to this election, if only reporters would just get him on the horn, STAT!
Can you chip in $6 to make sure that 3 A.M. phone call doesn’t go to Sean Hannity of Fox?
[Hannity] called me the other day and I spoke to him about it. He said, you were totally, against the war, because he was for the war. Excuse me -- and that was before the war started. Sean Hannity said very strongly to me and other people, he's willing to say it, but nobody wants to call him. I was against the war. He said, you used to have fights with me, because Sean was in favor of the war. And I understand that side also, not very much, because we should have never been there, but nobody called Sean Hannity. And then they did an article in a major magazine shortly after the war started -- I think in '04 -- but they did an article, which had me totally against the war in Iraq. And one of your compatriots said, you know, whether it was before or right after, trump was, because if you read this article, there's no doubt. But if somebody, and I'll ask the press, if somebody would call up Sean Hannity, this was before the war started. He and I used to have arguments about the war. I said it's a terrible and a stupid thing. It's going to destabilize the Middle East. And that's exactly what it's done.
Following that rant, moderator Lester Holt said, "My reference was to what you had said in 2002." Oh, Lester, quit with your on-the-record facts, would you please!
Trump's response: "No, no—you didn't hear what I said." Where's the phone, Lester, get a phone out here, ASAP!
Oh, Lester heard you, Donnie. Lester heard.
For some real fun, keep your eyes trained on Hillary Clinton as Trump unravels. She looks like a Saturday Night Live character—it’s all she can do to contain herself.
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