In his first response to a searing charge from bereaved Army father Khizr Khan that he’d “sacrificed nothing” for his country, Donald Trump claimed that he had in fact sacrificed by employing “thousands and thousands of people.” He also suggested that Khan’s wife didn’t speak because she was forbidden to as a Muslim and questioned whether Khan’s words were his own.

„Who wrote that? Did Hillary‘s script writers write it?“ Trump said in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. „I think I‘ve made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard.“