Obama: Putin and Saddam Hussein Are ‘Donald Trump’s Role Model’

‘If you control the media and you’ve taken away everybody’s civil liberties and you jail dissidents, that’s what happens’

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BARACK OBAMA: "Look, he’s gotten a 82% poll rating. Well, yes, Saddam Hussein had a 90% poll rating. [ Laughter ] If you control the media and you’ve taken away everybody’s civil liberties and you jail dissidents, that’s what happens. The pollsters call you up and say “Do you support the guy who if you don’t support him he might throw you in jail?” You say “Yes, I love that guy. [ Laughter ] That is Donald Trump’s role model. I have to do business with Putin, I have to do business with Russia, that’s part of foreign policy but I don’t go around saying that’s my role model. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan idolizing somebody like that?"

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