. @realDonaldTrump : "I did not support the war in Iraq. That was a mainstream media idea put out by her." pic.twitter.com/TjIEkG5Iy1

"I did not support the war in Iraq," Trump said at the first presidential debate. "That was a mainstream media idea put out by her."





TRUMP: It does not show that. The record shows that I'm right. When I did an interview with Howard Stern, very lightly, first time anybody's asked me, I said who knows. Essentially, I then did an interview Neil caview toe. I had numerous conversations with Sean hannity at fox, and he called me the other day and I spoke to him about it. He said you were totally, because he was for the war.



HOLT: Why --



TRUMP: And that is before the war started. Sean hannity said very strongly, to me and other people, he's willing to say, but nobody wants to call him, I was against the war. He said you used to have fights with me, because Sean was in favor of the war. And I understand that side also. Not very much, because we should have never been there, but nobody called Sean hannity. And then they did an article in a major magazine, shortly after the war started. I think in '04. But they did an article, which had me totally against the war in Iraq.



And one of your compatriots said, you know, whether it was before or right after, trump was, because if you read this article, there's no doubt. But if somebody, and I'll ask the press, if somebody would call up Sean hannity, this was before the war started. He and I used to have arguments about the war. I said it's a terrible and a stupid thing. It's going to destabilize the Middle East. And that exactly what this's done.