Identify the predominate informal fallacy occurring in the statement below: “Yes, I’m very embarrassed by it. I hate it. But it’s locker room talk, and it’s one of those things. I will knock the  out of ISIS. We’re going to defeat ISIS. ISIS happened a number of years ago in a vacuum that was left because of bad judgment. And I will tell you, I will take care of ISIS.” - Donald Trump when asked about the 2005 video that was released prior to the debate in which he spoke of

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Identify the predominate informal fallacy occurring in the statement below:

“Yes, I’m very embarrassed by it. I hate it. But it’s locker room talk, and it’s one of those things. I will knock the  out of ISIS. We’re going to defeat ISIS. ISIS happened a number of years ago in a vacuum that was left because of bad judgment. And I will tell you, I will take care of ISIS.” - Donald Trump when asked about the 2005 video that was released prior to the debate in which he spoke of 

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