Donald Trump: “It's a war that would not have been started if I were…”

“I think it's very much to the benefit of Russia to make a deal. And I feel that we'll do that. It is what it is. Again, it's a war that should have never been started. It's a war that would not have been started if I were president. But it did start, and it's at a terrible level where cities are Burned down and shot down to the ground. It looks like demolition sites, a whole big pile of demolition sites.” (29:08–29:11)

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