Trump Would Tap American Businessmen Carl Icahn And Henry Kravis As Top International Negotiators. “Trump says his administration would tap American businessmen Carl Icahn and Henry Kravis as top international negotiators -- pledging they could do a better job than the diplomats currently in office. He also predicted he would be ‘the greatest jobs president that God ever created,’ and get tough on countries like China, Mexico and Japan.” [CNN, 8/19/15] HAWKISH TENDENCIES Trump: “I'm The Worst Hawk In The World.” TRUMP: “Now, I'm the worst hawk in the world, OK? I am a total hawk… And yet, we shouldn't have gone into Iraq. And the minute we leave, you know, they say we're out. We have 50,000, 60,000 soldiers there right now. We're out? I don't think 60,000 soldiers -- the other thing is, if you look at what countries like China are doing to this country, they are eating our lunch. We're building China. We are really building China because everything we make is made in China or other countries.” [The Situation Room, CNN, 9/22/10] Donald Trump Criticized President Obama For Tipping Off “The Enemy” Before Attacking, Instead “You Shoot First, You Talk About It Later. “Trump got his biggest cheers -- and the crowd began chanting ‘Trump! Trump! Trump!’ -- when he said of ISIS: ‘I'm going to bomb the s--- out of them.’ At another point during his hour-long stemwinder, Trump pointed his fingers like a gun and began mock shooting. ‘You know the movies. Shoot first, talk later. Right? Right? Right? You shoot first, you talk about it later.’ Trump said Obama does too much talking and continually tips off ‘the enemy’ before he shoots. The Tennessee crowd went wild.” [The Hill, 11/16/15; Donald Trump Campaign Rally, Knoxville, Tennessee, 11/16/15] • Donald Trump: “If We Are Going To Continue To Be Stupid And Go Into Syria (Watch Russia), As They Say In The Movies, SHOOT FIRST AND TALK LATER!” [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 8/29/15] DEFENSE SPENDING 2011: Trump Said He Wanted To Increase Defense Spending. TRUMP: “I've never been a fan because, look, I am the most militant person there is. I'm a big war guy in terms of I want total defense. I want perhaps an increase in defense spending, OK? But you don't attack the wrong country. Iraq did not knock down the World Trade Center. As it turned out he did attack the wrong country and frankly they used to kill terrorists in Iraq. You could not be a terrorist and last a day in Iraq. Now it's the Harvard -- it's the breeding ground for terrorists. I mean everybody that wants to be a terrorist they go to Iraq, they go to Afghanistan, they go to the places where we are.”[Piers Morgan Tonight, Fox News, 2/9/11] FOREIGN AID Trump Said He Would Cut Off Aid To Egypt And Pakistan. CAVUTO: “But would you stop all aid to the region? We have given hundreds of billions over these many decades dating back to Mubarak… Would you stop that as president?” TRUMP: “I would certainly stop a lot of Confidential Page 81