Donald Trump: World Would Be '100%' Better With Saddam Hussein, Moammar Gadhafi Still In Power. “Donald Trump believes the world would be much better off if ruthless dictators like Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi were still in power. ‘100%,’ Trump replied when asked that question in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired Sunday on ‘State of the Union.’ … ‘I mean, look at Libya. Look at Iraq. Iraq used to be no terrorists. He (Hussein) would kill the terrorists immediately, which is like now it's the Harvard of terrorism,’ Trump said. ‘If you look at Iraq from years ago, I'm not saying he was a nice guy, he was a horrible guy, but it was a lot better than it is right now. Right now, Iraq is a training ground for terrorists. Right now Libya, nobody even knows Libya, frankly there is no Iraq and there is no Libya. It's all broken up. They have no control. Nobody knows what's going on.’” [CNN, 10/25/15] Donald Trump Said Human Rights Abuses In Iraq And Libya Are Worse Today Than Under Saddam Hussein And Moammar Gadhafi. “Both Gadhafi and Hussein committed atrocities against their own people and were among the world's worst human rights abusers. NATO decided to intervene in Libya as Gadhafi appeared poised to commit a genocidal- like massacre. But Trump said human rights abuses continue to plague Libya and Iraq and claimed, ‘They're worse than they ever were.’ ‘People are getting their heads chopped off, they're being drowned. Right now, they are far worse than they were, ever, under Saddam Hussein or Gadhafi,’ he said.” [CNN, 10/25/15] TRUMP ADVOCATED CONFISCATING IRAQI OIL TO PAY FOR THE WAR Trump Said The United States Should “Take” $1.5 Trillion Worth Of Oil From Iraq To Pay For The Cost Of The War. “Mr. Trump also said that the United States should ‘take’ $1.5 trillion worth of oil from Iraq to pay for the cost of the war and give $1 million to each of the families that lost someone in the effort — sparking applause from the thousands gathered Friday for the American Conservative Union’s 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).” [Washington Times, 3/15/13] Trump Wanted To Keep American Troops In Iraq To Take Their Oil And Prevent Iran From Taking Over. TRUMP: “And no, I very simply said that Iran is going to take over Iraq and if that's going to happen, we should just stay there and take the oil.” KILMEADE: “Stay.” TRUMP: “They want the oil and why should we? We denuded Iraq, Iran is going to walk in, take it over, take over the second largest oil fields in the world. That's going to happen. That would mean that all of those soldiers that have died and been wounded and everything else would have died in vain and I don't want that to happen. I want them to be -- I want their parents and their families to be proud. The last thing I want to see happen is for Iran to go in and take over Iraq and the oil fields of Iraq because we weakened that country to a point where they can just walk in. So I say, we take the oil. You know in the old days, when you won a war, to the victor belongs the spoils. You kept it.” [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 4/4/11] ISIS TRUMP INITIALLY REFUSED TO COMMIT TO SENDING GROUND FORCES TO SYRIA, BUT LATER SUPPORTED 10,000 GROUND TROOPS Confidential Page 91