Donald Trump: "You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Was Saddam Hussein good at killing terrorists, as Donald Trump says? To the surprise of some observers, Donald Trump has recently given a few campaign-trail shout-outs to Saddam Hussein -- a man the United States twice went to war with. Most recently -- though not for the first time -- Trump gave the late Iraqi dictator some credit at a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., on July 5, 2016. "Saddam Hussein was a bad guy. Right?" Trump said. "He was a bad guy. Really bad guy. But you know what, he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good they didn't read (them) the rights. They didn't talk. ... >> More

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