It's one thing to tuck tail and run. It's another thing to clearly define an objective to accomplish that objective, and then to ensure that you don't allow mission creep to transform … The President of the United States [Donald Trump] said at the outset, I wanted to destroy their conventional military. … they never have a nuclear weapon ever. Ever. Okay. And what I've seen is some people try to say, you know what? Well, that's great, but you should have a different objective. (35:37–35:56)
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Asserts that Donald Trump aimed to destroy a conventional military.
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