horribly mistreated. the kud forces, the bad guys. i thought you said kurds. donald trump accused the host of asking him so-called gotcha questions. on the front of islamist terrorism, i m looking for the next commander in chief to know who hassan nasrallah is, and zach hirry and al ju lanny. i think by the time we get to office, they ll be changed sand all gone. i knew you would ask me. i hopefully will find general douglas macarthur in the pack. they re all changing. those are like history questions, do you know this one. i don t believe in gotcha questions. i m not trying to quiz you. that is a gotcha question.
get to office they ll all be changed. they ll be all gone. i knew you were going to ask me things like this. reporter: hewitt defended his questions. i don t believe it gotcha questions. i m not trying to quiz you on who the worst guy in the world is. that is a gotcha question. when you re asking me about who s running this this this. that is not i will be so good at the military your head will spin. reporter: carly fiorina went on after trump, said she did not hear his interview, answered the same questions and declared them fair. i don t think they re gotcha questions at all. it is critically important that we have a leader in the white house who understands the world and who s in it and how it works. reporter: jeb bush last night. you ve got to know who the players are. you need to know what the capabilities of the united states are. you need a strategy. all this stuff, you just can t flippantly say, well, i ll hire the best people. reporter: david gergen, a former
jeffrey. great to have you here on this friday. we have a lot to talk about. let s play a clip from the hugh hewitt show. he was trying to ask donald trump about his knowledge of different political leaders or international relations questions. listen to this. are you familiar with general soleimani. yes. go ahead, tell me. he runs the goods forces. right. by the way, they have been mistreated by us. no, not the kurds forces. i thought you said kurds. no. okay. is that a gotcha question? it s not a gotcha question but i don t think it s a gaffe
doing a good job in tems of saying here is what you need to know before you head into this? i don t think it a gotcha question to ask a presidential candidate to be conversant in iranian military forces and the qud force. they are elite forces. and hugh hewitt lays out the names for him. he s not saying tell me the leader of such and such. another thing trump says is he says i knew you were going to ask me this, but he didn t look it up? the larger issue is, when does he learn this stuff, how does he deal with islamic extremism? martha: i manage he will know them before september 16 before the next debate because there is no way anybody who s going to question him isn t going to want to know he understands the dynamic at play in the middle east. it s important for anybody who
pack. i will find whoever it is that i will find, but they re all changing. you know, those are like history questions. do you know this one, do you know that one? i don t believe in gotcha questions. i m not trying to quiz you that is a gotcha question. the day after the election i ll know more about it than you will ever know. that i can tell you. i hope so. last question, so the difference between hezbollah and hamas does not matter to you yet but it will. it will when it s appropriate. i will know more about it than you know and, believe me, it won t take me long. it will not take him long. today trump called hewitt a third-rate radio announcer. the question is how important is it for donald trump to know this kind of thing right now? were those fair questions or were they gotcha questions, ambush questions? let s talk about this with van jones and the former communications director of the republican national committee doug heye. doug, you re here with me right now. got