Trump in 1999: N. Korea’s ‘Laughing at Us; They Think We’re a Bunch of Dummies’

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TRUMP: "I'm not talking about -- I'm not talking about us using nuclear weapons. I'm saying that they have areas where they're developing missiles."
RUSSERT: "No, but taking out their nuclear potential --"
TRUMP: "Do you know that this country -- Tim --" [crosstalk]
RUSSERT: "-- would create a fallout."
TRUMP: "Tim, do you know that this country went out and gave them nuclear reactors, free fuel for 10 years? We -- we virtually tried to bribe them into stopping, and they're continuing to do what they're doing and they're laughing at us. They think we're a bunch of dummies. I'm saying that we have to do something to stop. Ideally --"
RUSSERT: "But if the military told you, 'Mr. Trump, we can't do this.'"
TRUMP: "You give me two names, you're giving me two names. I don't know. Do you want to do it in five years when they have warheads all over the place, every one of them pointing to New York City, to Washington and every one of -- is that when you want to do it?"