Donald Trump unwittingly lit the fuses of combat veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq when he decided to talk IEDs during a pre-caucus rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday.

The controversial quote came while Trump discussed the situation for troops on the ground in the Middle East, as told to him by a friend's son. According to the young combat vet, Trump said, "the enemy has the good stuff" because when American troops attempt to give equipment to parties perceived as being U.S. allies on the ground, they instead rob U.S. forces. Trump, looking to emphasize the severity of the equipment loss, decided to praise Humvees as part of said "good stuff."

"If a bomb goes off, our wounded warriors, instead of losing their legs, their arms, worse, they're okay," Trump told the crowd. "They go for a little ride upward, and they come down. The best stuff, all gone. Taken by the enemy."

Donald Trump said as long as US troop vehicles are armored, when they get hit by IEDs troops just "go for a little ride."#NoProblem — Ben Kesling (@bkesling) February 1, 2016

But vets and their loved ones quickly took to Twitter to dispute his view of the risks IEDs pose to service members -- humvees or not.

This is what my seat looked like after I took my "little ride" from an IED. It was a brand new armored humvee. pic.twitter.com/82OQrEnLsP — J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) February 1, 2016

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Trump clearly does not understand the problems associated w/ IEDs & explosively formed penetrators agains armor @allahpundit @seanmdav — Jonas (@VFWd) February 1, 2016

Trump's clueless on this. I've seen the results of IEDs first hand while at Walter Reed w/ my husband in '04 https://t.co/1XGI9wQR5r — Keely_LKP 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇱 (@kr_romm) February 2, 2016

@redsteeze @bkesling Wow, that's exactly what my husband was thinking when he got hit by an IED? Trump is a joke! — leslie (@essiejoe) February 1, 2016

Trump's story* about IEDs and armored HMMWVs—as dumb as it was—isn't insulting to vets. Seek outrage elsewhere.



*fabricated, obvs — Mike (@forbesmm) February 2, 2016

Trump IED comment was about U.S. armored vehicles captured by the Islamic State and how great they were. https://t.co/a9pZBgbgWY — Thomas Gibbons-Neff (@Tmgneff) February 1, 2016

What do you think: Was it an innocent mistake stemming from a lack of combat knowledge or an attack on veterans' experiences? Tell us in the comments.