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Donald Trump Says World Was '100 Percent' Better With Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi

When asked if the world was better off with Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi in power, Donald Trump said hell yeah.

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Ah, Sunday morning news shows, a.k.a. your weekly dose of "WTF did that Republican presidential candidate just say?!" moments.

This week, it was Donald Trump's turn again. When the man who wants to be president of what he himself calls the "world's greatest democracy" was asked on CNN's State of the Union if the world was better off with brutal dictators Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi running Iraq and Libya, his response was "100 percent" yes.

Hussein was knocked out of power when the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, and was executed in 2006. Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011 during an uprising that was supported by NATO forces.

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