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Here is the "line of questioning":

HH: Joined now by Donald Trump. Donald Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, it’s always a pleasure to talk to you. DT: Thank you, Hugh. HH: I would thought that today, this is our sixth interview, I’d turn to some of the commander-in-chief questions. Are you ready for that? DT: Okay, fine. HH: Are you familiar with General Soleimani? DT: Yes, but go ahead, give me a little, go ahead, tell me. HH: He runs the Quds Forces. DT: Yes, okay, right. HH: Do you expect his behavior… DT: The Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by … HH: No, not the Kurds, the Quds Forces, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Forces. DT: Yes, yes. HH: …is the bad guys. DT: Right. HH: Do you expect his behavior to change as a result… DT: Oh, I thought you said Kurds, Kurds. HH: No, Quds. DT: Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you said Kurds, because I think the Kurds have been poorly treated by us, Hugh. Go ahead. HH: Agreed. So Soleimani runs the Quds Forces. Do you expect his behavior is going to change as a result of this deal with Iran?

There was nothing sophomoric and meaningless about that line of questioning. Hewitt mentioned Quds and General Sulemani, asked Trump if he knew who they were, Trump said yes, and then Hewitt continued on with his question--a substantive and timely question about the effect of the Iran deal on Suleimani and Quds.

Trump, unprompted, then interjected with a comment about how the Kurds have been treated (revealing Trump's apparent confusion between the Quds Forces and the Kurds, and his apparent ignorance of General Sulemani). He wasn't being quizzed, there was no "gotcha" question. Hewitt wasn't asking if he knew who Suleimani was for the sake of asking -- it was a leadup to a line of questioning about Suleimani and the impact of the terrible Iran deal. He showed his ignorance on his own, without prompting.

There was nothing sophomoric and meaningless about that line of questioning.

Factually incorrect.

Hewitt mentioned Quds and General Sulemani, asked Trump if he knew who they were, Trump said yes, and then Hewitt continued on with his question--a substantive and timely question about the effect of the Iran deal on Suleimani and Quds.

That's becasue Trump heard Kurds, regardless of what Hewitt said. It's a telephone call. Has anyone misheard a word in a phone call conversation before? Well yes... we all have.

Then here we go off an the al Quds Sulemani issue again. LINK

Folks can use that link to see how often al Quds is mentioned compared to other terrorist groups in the Middle East. Al Quds shows up 0.83% out of the total mentions.

They don't even rank 1% of the total mentions, but Trump is supposed to know who the group is, the leader's name, and if he will change his was after the agreement is finalized.

Sure, Hewitt doesn't ask Trump to name the group or the leader, but what he does do is ask how things are going to change with a group that is hardly ever talked about in public.

This is one of the most asinine examples of interview logic I've ever seen.

Trump, unprompted, then interjected with a comment about how the Kurds have been treated (revealing Trump's apparent confusion between the Quds Forces and the Kurds, and his apparent ignorance of General Sulemani).

Here you go again. Did he confuse the two names, or did him simply hear Kurds? Kuds/Kurds. It's a phone call. Naturally you jump to the worst conclusion you can and run with it. That is moronic.

Here's a terrorist group that hardly anyone has heard of, and you're dumping on Trump for not knowing how their policies will change.

It's like asking a baseball fan who pitches game 2 of the 1957 World Series, and them trashing them if they don't know the pitcher's name or the number of pitches he tossed.

This is very obscure stuff.

He wasn't being quizzed, there was no "gotcha" question.

Agreed. So Soleimani runs the Quds Forces. Do you expect his behavior is going to change as a result of this deal with Iran?

Hardly anyone has heard of al Quds, and even fewer have heard of Soleimani. But of course Trump should know right now what the Quds policies have been and how they are expected to change post agreement.

That's not a gotcha question? LOL

Hewitt wasn't asking if he knew who Suleimani was for the sake of asking -- it was a leadup to a line of questioning about Suleimani and the impact of the terrible Iran deal.

I just did a Google search for Sulemani's name and found 403,000 items. That compares to 210,000,000 items for ISIS.

So who does Hewitt question Trump on? Sulemani...

Bogus issue. Bogus charges. Bogus tactics.

He showed his ignorance on his own, without prompting.

No, actually Hewitt and you are the only one who have showed there ignorance.

Trump has no need to know of this group or their leader at this time.