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Election: Trump willing to issue illegal orders

How can anyone continue to support Donald Trump when, in a response to a question about killing terrorists’ families, he said, “If I say do it, they (the military) are going to do it.”

This despite retired Gen. Michael Hayden saying it would be an illegal order, and the military would refuse to follow it.

Does Trump know the difference between being a dictator and being a leader? Do his supporters?

This story was originally published March 4, 2016 at 1:26 PM with the headline "Election: Trump willing to issue illegal orders."

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