Donald Trump recently regaled a crowd of supporters with a mythical story of General John J. Pershing. Trump said he coated 50 bullets in pig blood and killed 49 Muslim terrorists. Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies) and Elliot Hill (The Lip TV), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"To explain his support for waterboarding and other heavy-handed interrogation tactics, Donald Trump told a rally audience a story Friday night that involved U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing, a terrorist attack in the Philippines more than a century ago, 50 terrorists and bullets dipped in pigs’ blood.
It’s a tale that has circulated on the Internet for years — and is most likely not true.”*
