A brief timeline of Trump quotes:
November 13, 2015: “I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me.”

June 5, 2016: “[The generals] don’t know much because they’re not winning.”

September 6, 2016: “I am also going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction: They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for defeating ISIS.”
