And then you got The Donald, who, just last week, went on Russian state television to talk down our military and to curry favor with Vladimir Putin. He loves this guy. Loves this guy. Think about -- think about what's happened to the Republican Party.
And they used to be opposed to Russia and authoritarianism and fighting for freedom and fighting for democracy. And now their nominee is out there, praising a guy, saying he's a strong leader because he invades smaller countries, jails his opponents, controls the press and drives his economy into a long recession.
No, look, I'm actually being serious about it. Think about this. And when the interviewer asked him, well, why do you support this guy -- "He's a strong guy. Look, he's got an 82 percent poll rating." Well, yes, so did -- Saddam Hussein had a 90 percent poll rating.
I mean, if you control the media and you've taken away everybody's civil liberties and you jail dissidents, that's what happens. If the pollster calls you up and says, 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.
But think about the fact that that is Donald Trump's role model. I mean, you know, 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?