increase his influence peddling business and he was extraordinarily successful. as you noted, he got a meeting in the oval office with the president. he was able to use that piece of information to impress his clients in the united arab emirates enough to get himself a $600 million contract because he was trying to influence the u.s. policy vis-a-vis the gulf states. that s a pretty good payoff. what is most remarkable about this story is that the truth is just, i think, hidden in plain sight here. donald trump has affairs with playboy play mates and pays them off to be silent. elliott broidy bribes public officials to enhance his business interests. this should have set off red flags when broidy told his frankly preposterous story to the wall street journal and
straightforward. it s that elliott broidy paid the $1.6 million that bashard had. elliott did this in order to increase his influence peddling business and he was extraordinarily successful. as you noted, he got a meeting in the oval office with the president. he was able to use that piece of information to impress his clients in the united arab emirates enough to get himself a $600 million contract because he was trying to influence the u.s. policy vis-a-vis the gulf states. that s a pretty good payoff. what is most remarkable about this story is that the truth is ju just, i think, hidden in plain sight here.
iraq with the first president bush. who do you see in this coalition? which countries do you see across the middle east, across europe who would join us in this fight? first of all, i do not know the number we would need. i don t think it has to be the numbers in the first gulf war. i m talking about the type of commitment. there s only one country that can lead that effort it s america. i understand. it would be our nato partners and if we lead with american nato the gulf states would also then be supplying not only the financial support but also military support as well. there s only one military that can lead and it s america. following up on willie s question to you, i don t think you ve spoken to anyone in the defensive establishment, i haven t either who doubts that we could not get in there and take raqqah within three or four months. we could take it from isis. do you agree with that?
supported us in the first gulf war. you know, the saudis, the jordanians, the egyptians the gulf states. look, this is a threat for them. it s going to destroy them and we know that these that isis and their ilk are out to destroy our very way of life. i m actually stunned to hear hillary say that. how does she think we are going to stop them? do that reflect she doesn t have any experience in this because we know you cannot destroy these people nor can you take back territory justed from air a. i don t understand what she is talking about. we have to move and we have to move quickly. i don t understand it. you would put american ground troops into the fight, into theater. yeah. in a group. it would be a coalition. we don t want just the west to be involved but we want our arab friends. i remember when the former ambassador from egypt to the united states stood in the rose garden with the president and said we re going to go stop saddam hussein and that was really important the