Speaking at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday evening, Trump praised what he said was Hussein's innate ability to kill terrorists "so good." While it's not the first time he's mentioned the former leader, this time Trump elaborated that he appreciated Hussein's authoritarian take on civil liberties.
"You know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good," Trump said. "They didn’t read them the rights, they didn’t talk. They were a terrorist, it was over."
Trump has never been one to shy away from a fist bump for authoritarian rulers. In January he said North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un should be given "credit" for taking over and killing his rivals.
Shortly after Hussein's death, The New York Times called him a "defiant dictator who ruled Iraq with violence and fear," citing his oppression of the country for more than three decades. He was known for violent retribution against his own citizens he suspected of disloyalty, including the 1988 massacre of 5,000 people in a Kurdish village using poison gas. Cont. (Video)
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