--- title: Donald Trump Will Keep Calling Clinton the Founder of ISIS description: Donald Trump calling Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the "founder of ISIS" is nothing new. canonical: https://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T16:40:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:31:40.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Will Keep Calling Clinton the Founder of ISIS og:description: "ISIS will hand her the Most Valuable Player award." og:url: https://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9903e635d1051a1/6988a1facf40a8756dc446ee/gettyimages-588322572.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Campaigns In Fort Lauderdale og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Will Keep Calling Clinton the Founder of ISIS twitter:description: "ISIS will hand her the Most Valuable Player award." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9903e635d1051a1/6988a1facf40a8756dc446ee/gettyimages-588322572.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says He'll Keep Calling Clinton and Obama the 'Founders of ISIS' > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:31 PM UTCPublished: Aug 11, 2016 4:40 PM UTC  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds up a chart as he makes a point as he speaks during his campaign event at the BB&T Center on August 10, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds up a chart as he makes a point as he speaks during his campaign event at the BB&T Center on August 10, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:31 PM UTCPublished: Aug 11, 2016 4:40 PM UTC Donald Trump [doubled down on recent remarks](http://time.com/4447918/trump-accuses-obama-of-being-the-founder-of-isis/) calling President Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the “founders” of the Islamic State in an interview with a conservative radio host. During [a segment on _The Hugh Hewitt Show_](http://www.hughhewitt.com/donald-trump-makes-return-visit/), the Republican nominee again linked the two to the terrorist group that has seized parts of Syria, Iraq and Libya, despite skeptical questions from Hewitt, who has [sparred with Trump](http://time.com/4037239/second-republican-debate-transcript-cnn/) in the past. --- > “” --- Trump’s [remarks at a Wednesday rally](http://time.com/4447918/trump-accuses-obama-of-being-the-founder-of-isis/) were not the first time that Trump has called Clinton or Trump “the founders of ISIS.” In January, he [said ](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/02/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-created-isis/)“Hillary Clinton created ISIS with Obama.” After the Orlando nightclub shooting, [he was criticized](http://time.com/4371602/donald-trump-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-isis-syria/) for suggesting Obama supports ISIS. Last week at another Florida event, Trump called Clinton the “founder of ISIS.” **Read More:** [_President Obama Is Not the ‘Founder of ISIS.’ Here’s Who Really Started It_](http://time.com/4448218/donald-trump-isis-founder-president-obama-zarqawi/) During a Thursday morning speech, Trump [again repeated](https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/763757494250246144) his comments, saying, “ISIS will hand (Clinton) the Most Valuable Player award.” Clinton responded on Twitter Thursday. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/763786048702967808) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says He'll Keep Calling Clinton and Obama the 'Founders of ISIS'","datePublished":"2016-08-11T16:40:46.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T12:31:40.000Z","description":"Donald Trump calling Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the \"founder of ISIS\" is nothing new.","url":"https://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election","Barack Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9903e635d1051a1/6988a1facf40a8756dc446ee/gettyimages-588322572.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9903e635d1051a1/6988a1facf40a8756dc446ee/gettyimages-588322572.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Campaigns In Fort Lauderdale","caption":"Donald Trump Campaigns In Fort Lauderdale","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/","name":"Donald Trump Says He'll Keep Calling Clinton and Obama the 'Founders of ISIS'"}}]}] ```