Donald Trump uses experts, but he also thinks they're 'terrible'
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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump might finally be consulting experts on foreign policy, but that doesn't mean he likes it. At a Lacrosse, Wisconsin, rally ahead of Tuesday's primary contest, Trump essentially confirmed that relying on facts is not a priority of his campaign.
"You know, I've always wanted to say this — I've never said this before with all the talking we all do — all of these experts, 'Oh we need an expert —' The experts are terrible," Politico reports he said. "Look at the mess we're in with all these experts that we have. Look at the mess. Look at the Middle East. If our presidents and our politicians went on vacation for 365 days a year and went to the beach, we'd be in much better shape right now in the Middle East."
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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.
