He has disparaged US prisoners of war for being captured by the enemy**
“He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
He is in favor of torture
Water boarding is torture and he supports it “I like it a lot. I don’t think it’s tough enough.”
He is in favor of increasing the worlds nuclear arsenals
"Can I be honest with you? It's going to happen, anyway. It's going to happen anyway. It's only a question of time. They're going to start having them or we have to get rid of them entirely. But you have so many countries already, China, Pakistan, you have so many countries, Russia, you have so many countries right now that have them. Now, wouldn't you rather in a certain sense have Japan have nuclear weapons when North Korea has nuclear weapons? And they do have them. They absolutely have them. They can't - they have no carrier system yet but they will very soon. Wouldn't you rather have Japan, perhaps, they're over there, they're very close, they're very fearful of North Korea, and we're supposed to protect."
He is in favor of invading countries to reduce US gas prices
"I'm looking to take the oil. I want to take the oil. I want the oil. And I've been saying that for a long time. The Middle East is one big, fat quagmire."
He praised Saddam Hussein for gassing the Kurds
"Saddam Hussein throws a little gas, everyone goes crazy. 'Oh he's using gas!' "