On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
If we're going to get out, take the oil. If we would have taken the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS because ISIS formed with the power and the wealth of that oil.
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transcripts.cnn.comDonald Trump: “If we're going to get out, take the oil. If we would have taken the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS because ISIS formed with…”
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Trump advocates for taking control of oil resources in Iraq as a strategy to combat ISIS.
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