Does Trump think George W. Bush lied about Iraq? — Transcript
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- 0:02WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH SO CORRECT
- 0:04ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN YOU SAID
- 0:06THIS GEORGE W. BUSH, WHEN I WAS
- 0:08OUR LAST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, A
- 0:10MAN I RESPECT GREATLY, A PERSON
- 0:12THAT WE REALLY FOUGHT FOR WHEN
- 0:13HE WAS UP AGAINST A LOT OF
- 0:17PRESSURE, THAT HE LIED TO GET US
- 0:19IN THE WAR IN IRAQ.
- 0:21THAT STUNG ME VERY DEEPLY.
- 0:25I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
- 0:27I'M JUST WONDERING GIVEN SOME
- 0:30TIME PASSING PERHAPS YOU'VE
- 0:31RETHOUGHT THAT.
- 0:32WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO RETHINK
- 0:34THAT?
- 0:34>> A LOT OF PEOPLE AGREE WITH
- 0:35WHAT I SAID.
- 0:36I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LYING, I'M
- 0:38NOT TALKING ABOUT NOT LYING.
- 0:40NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY WE WENT
- 0:41INTO IRAQ.
- 0:42THE IRAQIS -- IT WAS NOT SADDAM
- 0:44HUSSEIN THAT KNOCKED DOWN THE
- 0:45WORLD TRADE CENTER.
- 0:46>> WHAT YOU SAID WAS THEY LIED,
- 0:48THEY SAID THERE WERE WEAPONS OF
- 0:49MASS DESTRUCTION AND THERE WERE
- 0:49NONE AND THEY KNEW THERE WERE
- 0:51NONE, THERE WERE NO WEAPONS OF
- 0:52MASS DESTRUCTION.
- 0:52>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
- 0:53THAT THINK THAT.
- 0:54BOTTOM LINE THERE WERE NO
- 0:56WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
- 0:56THEY SAID THERE ARE WEAPONS OF
- 0:58MASS DESTRUCTION, I WAS AGAINST
- 0:59THE WAR WHEN IT STARTED.
- 1:00>> SO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT OF
- 1:03THE UNITED STATES, GEORGE W.
- 1:05BUSH, LIED --
- 1:06>> I'M NOT GOING TO --
- 1:07>> LET ME JUST --
- 1:08>> I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER SHOT
- 1:09AT IT.
- 1:10>> I'LL TELL YOU VERY SIMPLY.
- 1:12IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE WORST
- 1:16THE ONE THAT DOESN'T WANT DO MAY
- 1:18THIS.
- 1:18I'M THE ONE FROM 2002 AND 2003
- 1:21SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING
- 1:23THAT.
- 1:24WE HAVE SPENT $2 TRILLION IN
- 1:27FIGHTING IN IRAQ.
- 1:28THOUSANDS OF LIVES, RIGHT.
- 1:31WE HAVE WOUNDED WARRIORS WHO I
- 1:33LOVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
- 1:35THEY'RE THE BRAVEST OF ALL
- 1:38OTHERS IN THE ROOM PUT TOGETHER.
- 1:39.
- 1:39WE GOT NOTHING.
- 1:40WE HAVE NOTHING.
- 1:41WE'RE NOT EVEN THERE.
- 1:42WE CAN'T EVEN MAKE A PHONE CALL
- 1:44RIGHT NOW.
- 1:44>> BUT TO HIS QUESTION
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