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Howard Stern: Trump Backed Iraq War

Howard Stern: Trump Backed Iraq War

Howard Stern (AP)

By    |   Thursday, 29 September 2016 10:50 PM EDT

Radio shock jock Howard Stern said on his show Wednesday that Donald Trump did express support for the Iraq War in 2002, though Trump himself has disputed that, CNN reports.

In an appearance on Stern's show in 2002, Stern asked Trump if he supported the war.

"Yeah, I guess so," Trump said at the time. "I wish the first time it was done correctly."

Trump has since said that that was more an off-the-cuff comment than a ringing endorsement. In Monday's presidential debate, he said he told Esquire magazine differently in 2004, and said he had arguments about it with Fox News host Sean Hannity, who favored the war.

Hannity, a Trump supporter, has backed up Trump's assertion.

Stern, in discussing the debate Wednesday, said, "Well, it always comes up because, you know, Trump – uh – was on our show years ago and said, yeah, he, you know, he was kind of for the Iraq War, us going into Iraq."

Stern noted that Hillary Clinton brought up the issue in the debate because Trump "was saying he wasn't really for it, so they were forced to mention my name."

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Radio shock jock Howard Stern said on his show Wednesday that Donald Trump did express support for the Iraq War in 2002, though Trump himself has disputed that, CNN reports.
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