Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday he has a secret weapon when it comes to national security: He has the ability to foresee all kinds of terrible things way before they happen.
"Another thing I predicted is terrorism," the Republican presidential candidate said during an event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. "Because I can feel it. My father always used to say... everything you touch just turns to gold, and he's got a great sense of location and business and things." The modern-day Nostradamus said that before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he predicted the rising threat of Osama bin Laden in a book, The Washington Post reports. If someone had actually read that book, he believes the World Trade Center would never have been hit. "I saw he was making trouble," Trump said. "He had a big mouth, and he was talking. Not that I know, but I watch, and I see, and I wrote.... That's what it's about: It's about vision, folks.... If we took him out, we would have two beautiful buildings standing there instead of one okay building, all right?"
He reiterated other familiar talking points, including his new claim that he saw American Muslims cheering in New Jersey after the attacks. He insisted there is coverage of the celebrations but the "liberal media" is hiding the evidence, and said he's received "hundreds of phone calls" from people saying they too saw people cheering. Trump also brought onstage a man in the audience dressed like him, saying, "This is what I call a real supporter." Speaking to the man's wife, Trump then asked: "Are you happy with your husband? She said yes! She fantasizes that he's really the real Donald Trump." If Trump predicted that comment would make everyone uncomfortable, he'd be right.
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