Donald Trump Wants to 'Hit' Democratic Convention Speakers for What They Said About Him

On the day Hillary Clinton would accept the nomination of her party — a historic first for women — her opponent was fuming over what speakers at the Democratic National Convention said about him all week.

For four days, Democrats, Republicans and independents laid out the reasons not to vote for Donald Trump, and their words stung so much Trump said he wanted to "hit a number of those speakers so hard, their heads would spin."

Trump was in Davenport and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for campaign rallies.

"I was going to hit one guy in particular, a very little guy," Trump said. Supporters met his comments with laughter. "I was going to hit this guy so hard his head would spin, he wouldn't know what the hell happened."

Imagine Trump trying to "hit" Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, who practically barked his convention speech and full-throated endorsement of Clinton Thursday night.

During the Republican primary, Trump was criticized often for encouraging supporters to take whacks at protesters. He once said he'd pay the legal bills for a man who slugged a demonstrator at a Trump rally. But Trump most likely meant he'd "hit" his critics on Twitter, not ball up his notoriously tiny hands into fists of fury and swing.

"I mean, the things that were said about me," Trump said of the convention speeches. "I mean, should I go through some of the names?"

He did not name names, but several prominent public figures had strong words about Trump's temperament, thin skin, judgment, ego, character and business acumen.

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If Trump was annoyed by what was said in the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, then he may really be annoyed when he hears what was uttered in the grand finale on Thursday.

Said Leon Panetta, who served as Secretary of Defense and was director of the CIA when the U.S. tracked down and took out Osama bin Laden: "Donald Trump says he gets his foreign policy experience from watching TV and running the Miss Universe Pageant. If only it were funny. It is deadly serious. Donald Trump asks our troops to commit war crimes, endorses torture, spurns allies from Europe to Asia, suggests more countries to have nuclear weapons, and praises dictators from Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin."

Said former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent: "I've often encouraged business leaders to run for office because many of them share that same pragmatic approach to building consensus, but not all. Most of us who have created a business know that we're only as good as the way our employees, clients and partners view us. Most of us don't pretend that we're smart enough to make every big decision by ourselves. And most of us who have our names on the door know that we are only as good as our word, but not Donald Trump. Throughout his career, Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off. Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's run his business. God help us."

Said retired four-star Gen. John Allen: "... with (Clinton) as our commander-in-chief, our international relations will NOT be reduced to a business transaction. Our armed forces will NOT become an instrument of torture, and they will NOT be ordered to engage in murder or carry out other illegal activities."

Said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm: "Last week, we heard Trump's hopeless vision of our country. Then he said: 'I alone can fix it.' Imagine Donald Trump's version of the Constitution: 'I, the person, in order to form a more perfect union …' Or, centuries later, 'I, shall overcome.' Or, 'Ask not what I can do for my country, ask what my country can do for me!' "

Said, a Republican from Iowa, Doug Elmets, who worked in Ronald Reagan's White House and still works to get Republicans elected: "Reagan knew that a leader needs diplomacy to steer a safe, prosperous course forward. Trump is a petulant, dangerously unbalanced reality star who will coddle tyrants and alienate allies. I shudder to think where he might lead our great nation."

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And finally, Hillary Clinton herself zinged Trump a few times in the grand finale to the Democrats' four-day gathering in Philadelphia.

"Trump, he's a businessman. He must know something about the economy. Well, let's take a closer look. In Atlantic City, 60 miles from here, you'll find contractors and small businesses who lost everything because Donald Trump refused to pay his bills. People who did the work and needed the money, and didn't get it – not because he couldn't pay them, but because he wouldn't pay them. ...

"He also talks a big game about putting America First. Please explain to me what part of America First leads him to make Trump ties in China, not Colorado. Trump suits in Mexico, not Michigan. Trump furniture in Turkey, not Ohio. Trump picture frames in India, not Wisconsin. ...

"Donald Trump can't even handle the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. He loses his cool at the slightest provocation. When he's gotten a tough question from a reporter. When he's challenged in a debate. When he sees a protester at a rally. Imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons."

Trump told his fans a friend advised him not to lash out, but to focus on beating Clinton.

"I said, 'But I really want to. I don't like what they're saying because a lot of it is lies. Not all of it but a lot of it is.' I said, 'I just really ... it makes me feel good.'

"Someday!"

If Trump holds onto that ire — and there's no reason to think he won't — the first presidential debate should be epic.

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