MILITARY PERSONNEL THERE RIGHT 
NOW.
IRAQ IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
DIFFERENCES IN THIS RACE.
I OPPOSED GOING IN AND I DID 
OPPOSE IT.
DESPITE THE MEDIA SAYING, NO, 
YES, NO.
I OPPOSED GOING IN.
AND I OPPOSED THE RECKLESS WAY 
HILLARY CLINTON TOOK US OUT.
ALONG WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA.
LETTING ISIS FILL THAT BIG, 
TERRIBLE VOID.
BUT I WAS OPPOSED TO THE WAR 
FROM THE BEGINNING, LONG AFTER 
MY INTERVIEW WITH HOWARD STERN.
BUT THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE IRAQ
WAR STARTED, I SAID IN AN 
INTERVIEW WITH NEIL CAVUTO THAT 
PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT
YET AND THAT THE ECONOMY -- 
THESE ARE QUOTES -- THAT THE 
ECONOMY -- THIS WAS ON LIVE 
TELEVISION.
THE ECONOMY IS A MUCH BIGGER 
PROBLEM AS FAR AS THE PRESIDENT 
IS CONCERNED.
THIS WAS BEFORE THE WAR STARTED 
BY A VERY SHORT DISTANCE.
THEN ON MARCH 25th OF 2003, JUST
AFTER THE WAR HAD STARTED, JUST 
DAYS AFTER, JUST A LITTLE WHILE 
AFTER, I WAS QUOTED AS SAYING 
THE WAR IS A MESS.
AND YET MORE EVIDENCE THAT I HAD
OPPOSED THE WAR FROM THE START.
I SAID THE WAR IS A MESS.
ON TELEVISION.
SOMEWHERE.
IN JULY OF 2003, I SAID I WOULD 
LOVE TO SEE NEW YORK CITY AND 
SOME OF OUR CITIES AND SOME OF 
THE STATES OF OUR NATION GET 
SOME OF THE MONEY THAT'S GOING 
TOWARD IRAQ AND OTHER PLACES.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY 
NEED IT AND THEY NEED IT BADLY.
WELL, I SAID THAT.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER QUOTES, 
TOO, BY THE WAY, BOTH BEFORE AND
SHORTLY AFTER.
THEN IN AUGUST OF 2004, VERY 
EARLY IN THE CONFLICT -- 
EXTREMELY EARLY IN THE CONFLICT.
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
I MADE A DETAILED STATEMENT IN 
AN INTERVIEW TO THE "ESQUIRE" 
MAG
MAGAZINE.
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
NUMEROUS HONEST REPORTERS SAID 
TRUMP MAY HAVE SAID IT AT THE 
BEGINNING, BECAUSE THEY HAD 
OTHER CLIPS, SOME SAID, DOESN'T 
MATTER, BECAUSE RIGHT AT THE
