Donald Trump thinks soldiers in armored humvees just 'go for a little ride' when hit with IEDs

Trump not too familiar with military life.
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In his last rally before Monday evening's Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump shared an entirely inaccurate view of how well armored humvees can protect soldiers from IEDs.

"The best in the world, armor-plated, top, bottom, all over. If a bomb goes off, our wounded warriors, instead of losing their legs, their arms, worse, they're okay," BuzzFeed News reports. They go for a little ride upward, and they come down."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.