Trump lauds Saddam Hussein's fight against terrorists
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Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump once again praised former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's ruthlessness on Tuesday, saying he killed terrorists "so good."
"Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? ... But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina. "They didn't read 'em the rights, they didn't talk. They were a terrorist, it was over."
Trump has previously said the world would be "100 percent better" if dictators like Hussein and Libya's Moammar Gadhafi were still in power. Prior to the US invasion, Iraq was listed by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Democrat Hillary Clinton's senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan responded in a statement, "Donald Trump's praise for brutal strongmen seemingly knows no bounds."
Sullivan said such comments "demonstrate how dangerous he would be as Commander-in-Chief and how unworthy he is of the office he seeks."
