On Family, Libya, and a Call for Unity

A Strong and Committed Leader

I have known Donald for the past 13 years and can tell you he is a strong and committed leader. President Obama has demonstrated himself a weak leader who garners little fear or respect worldwide.

Yes, I supported him and campaigned for him in 2008, because he stood against the Iraq war — heeding my call like Dennis Kucinich and precious few others. At this crucial time, the United States needs incredibly strong leadership to win escalating wars and to defeat terrorism.

A Visionary on Iraq

Trump is a visionary. He was against the Iraq war from the beginning. Myself and my team worked incessantly to stop that war — as I informed a then-powerful group of supporters on January 23rd, 2003 at my East Coast Summit, supported by Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator John Thune, Susan Terrell, Nelson Bunker Hunt (then Vice President of my humanitarian organization), businessmen John & Joe Gregory, and about fifty other influencers.

As I predicted, the Iraq war cost the American taxpayer over $2 trillion, killed at least 2 million people — tragically, mostly innocents — created millions of refugees, and unnecessarily cultivated more terrorists than the world has ever seen. This arbitrary and unnecessary war killed and maimed thousands of U.S. soldiers, and the United States lost enormous credibility in the region and around the world. It created an ongoing disaster on the world stage.

The Bible says that due to a lack of vision people perish. I say all of this based on my 18-month peace negotiations with the George Bush team and Saddam Hussein — negotiations that would have successfully deposed Hussein without firing a single shot, as the White House knew. Given the vision and thoughtfulness of Mr. Trump, the world would have looked much different today had he been in the White House.

The Best Job Creator

Few can argue that Donald Trump is not gifted at creating jobs, and is therefore quite justified in saying that he would be "the best job-creating president that God ever made."

Millions of Americans need jobs and he knows how to do it — he is not an ideologue or an academic, he is a financial genius who employs many people. If any of the candidates can fix the debt problem and care for the economy, Trump is the one to do it — and far better than all of the other candidates put together.

A People Person of Faith

Even though he may not always appear to be, Donald is a people person who genuinely loves the public. He has proven so in taking care of thousands of staff and otherwise providing for the poor.

He may not be your typical religious person, but contrary to The Pope's assessment, he is a born-again believer and loves Jesus.

A Family Man

Increasingly so in his season of life, he is a family man who loves his wife and his remarkable children — each one an extraordinary person. I was with his wife Melania and daughter Ivanka on January 14th of this year, and told both of them that nothing would stop him because God is with him — and that includes The Pope.

He was married three times and divorced, but this is sadly true of many top Christian preachers these days, and it does not seem to disqualify them. This level of marital instability has become common in the United States but not in my native country India — you will hear me speak more of this in the coming years. That said, he has raised two great sons.

I first met Don Jr. at Rita Cosby's birthday party in New York twelve years ago, and met him again last month. He's a caring, compassionate and intelligent young man — as is his brother Eric. Building a strong family says so much and is a mark of true success.