He doesn't need a transcript. This isn't a court.I'll do your work for you.However, he told Sean Hannity he was against it.Of course his opinion can change- but he said he didn't want to go into Iraq but he is on record otherwise
during a September 2002 interview on Howard Stern's radio show Trump was asked if he supported invading Iraq. "Yeah, I guess so," he answered.
How does "Yeah, I guess" I support invading Iraq" square with Trump's claim he was always against the war in Iraq?
I would like to hear more of the context with Howard Stern.
Let's compare transcripts- you provide the transcript from Sean Hannity's program- and I will provide it from Howard Stern's program.
Deal?
What he told Stern is ambigious. It seems like the thought the initial invasion was a mistake.
Hannity backs up Trump on Iraq War
Fox News's Sean Hannity came to Donald TrumpDonald defense Monday night, corroborating the GOP presidential nominee's debate claim that he had expressed doubts about the Iraq War to the anchor.
In a post-debate interview between Trump and Hannity, the Fox News anchor backed up the business magnate's account of conversations about the Iraq invasion.
"You know how many times we had conversations about that? You told me I was wrong, in fairness," Hannity said.
"It was respectful and I understood where you were coming from," Trump responded.
"I was against the war, I thought it would destabilize the Middle East. I didn't realize it would be managed so badly," he added.
Trump mentioned Hannity to push back on accusations from debate moderator Lester Holt that he initially supported the Iraq War.
"I had numerous conversations with Sean Hannity at Fox," Trump said.
"He and I used to have arguments about the war," Trump added. "I said it's a terrible, stupid thing. It's going to destabilize the Middle East, and that's exactly what it's done."
Howard Stern in a 2002 radio interview asked Trump whether he supported invading Iraq.
"Yeah, I guess so," Trump replied. "I wish the first time it was done correctly."
He addressed the Stern interview during the debate, calling it "mainstream media nonsense" that he supported the
So to recap:
Remember- it doesn't matter how often he told people in 2005 or 2010 that he was against the Iraq War- because Trump has claimed he was always against the Iraq War.
- There is no transcript of a conversation between Trump and Hannity before the war- nor any date of when he supposedly spoke with Hannity.
- Retrospectively, Trump supposedly told Hannity he was against the war.
- There is a transcript of his conversation with Howard Stern in 2002 where Trump expresses weak support for the invasion.
But in 2002- he clearly wasn't against the Iraq War- unless he was lying to Howard Stern
In 2002, Donald Trump Said He Supported Invading Iraq
I am for the war in Iraq. I think it was fucked up.
Pres. Trump was a private citizen. He could have changing opinions. Also it was complicated.
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You are just confirming that President Trump lied when he said he was always against the Iraq war.
Yes- he did change his opinion- yes he was a private citizen- neither of those are relevant to his lie that he was always against the Iraq War.