EXCERPT:
TRUMP: “The Kurds are much safer right now, but the Kurds know how to fight. And as I said, they’re not angels, they’re not angels, take a look. You have to go back and take a look. But they fought with us. We paid a lot of money for them to fight with us and that’s OK. They did well when they fought with us. They didn't do so well when they didn't fight with us. When I refused to allow the Americans a year and a half ago to fight with the Kurds against Iraq, I said, wait a minute, this country stupidly just spent a fortune on fighting for, with, around Iraq. Nobody knows how they spent it, but they spent -- actually we’re in the Middle East now for $8 trillion if you can believe that stupidity. But in Iraq we’re in for probably $5.5 trillion. So they’re telling me, wait a minute, we just spent $5.5 trillion fighting in Iraq and with Iraq and now we’re supposed to spend money to fight with the Kurds against Iraq. I said, no thank you. So what happens is when I said we’re not going to fight with the Kurds, the Kurds left.”