Donald Trump keeps promising that one of these days he'll offer specifics on all of his grand policy ideas — but that day seems to always be tomorrow. Tuesday night was no different.
As Trump gave his big foreign policy speech in Iowa, CNN — and Anderson Cooper — decided it'd had just about enough of Trump's empty promises. When Trump once again didn't deliver on specifics, speaking instead "in broad terms about doing good things for the military and veterans," Cooper cut Trump off, Mediaite reports.
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You can watch Cooper shut down Trump's speech here.
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