Donald Trump: Those Who Support Iraq Invasion ‘Unqualified’ To Be Prez

Donald Trump speaks at the Freedom Summit, Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Donald Trump made his thoughts on the Iraq War very clear on Tuesday with a tweet knocking potential presidential candidates who struggled to say whether they would have invaded Iraq given what they know now.

Earlier in May, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) stumbled when asked whether he would have invaded Iraq given what he knows now. Though he initially said he would have authorized the invasion, he later backtracked and said he “would not have gone into Iraq.” His difficulty answering the question prompted other 2016 hopefuls to weigh in on the Iraq War.

Last week, Trump said that he would not have invaded Iraq given what he knows now.

“We shouldn’t have been there, and once we were there, we probably should have stayed,” he told “Fox and Friends.”

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  1. Even though you are right on this one thing, SHUT THE FUCK UP, DONALD!

  2. Donald Trump made his thoughts on the Iraq War very clear on Tuesday with a tweet

    That pretty much sums up the depth of his thoughts.

  3. I don’t think any member of the GOP is qualified to be President.

  4. This from the man that said in 2013 that we should go back into Iraq and take the oil to pay ourselves back for the war.

  5. Avatar for korvu korvu says:

    Knowing what we now know, Trump’s head should be shaved.

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