Judging the debate: a point by point analysis

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pokoko said:
Really good post. I read every bit of it.

'I talked about it and then they did it, so obviously they did it entirely at my suggestion.' That line from Trump troubles the absolute hell out of me. That is not rational. Was he being serious or was it tongue in cheek?

Please keep in mind that 'this' is not an "actual direct quote".  That is my paraphrasing of what he was saying.  The actual direct quote is as follows: 

I said, and very strongly, NATO could be obsolete, because -- and I was very strong on this, and it was actually covered very accurately in the New York Times, which is unusual for the New York Times, to be honest -- but I said, they do not focus on terror. And I was very strong. And I said it numerous times.

And about four months ago, I read on the front page of the Wall Street Journal that NATO is opening up a major terror division. And I think that's great. And I think we should get -- because we pay approximately 73 percent of the cost of NATO. It's a lot of money to protect other people. But I'm all for NATO. But I said they have to focus on terror, also.

And they're going to do that. And that was -- believe me -- I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it -- but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO.

Please let me know if you think I was fair in my paraphrasing, which was intended to be accurate but tongue in cheek.