In my former life I was in insider, as much as anybody else. And I knew what it's like, and I still know what it's like to be an insider. It's not bad.

If America could get along with Russia - and by the way, China and Japan and everyone. If we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

We're gonna stop them [ISIS], we're gonna stop them cold.

General Mike Flynn obviously was dealing with Russia. So that's one person. But he was dealing, as he should have been.

I have no relationship with Putin. I don't think I've ever met him.And I never met him. I don't think I've ever met him.

We have a situation where the security of America is at stake, and it's a very, very serious situation.

I would have said get out of Syria; get out - if we didn't have the power of weaponry today. The power is so massive that we can't just leave areas that 50 years ago or 75 years ago we wouldn't care. It was hand-to-hand combat.