“This administration created IS by leaving (Iraq) at the wrong time,” he claimed. “The void was created, IS was formed.”
As for future relations with Russia, Trump said, “I don’t know that I’m gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there’s a good chance I won’t. And if I don’t, do you honestly believe that Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?”
Moving away from his earlier position of questioning Putin’s involvement in the hacking scandal, Trump said, “He shouldn’t be doing it. He won’t be doing it.”
Projecting his tough-guy image, Trump asserted, “Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I’m leading than when other people have led it.”
