“I ran it past two or three people. [It's] so simple. It's like the paper clip.”

—  Donald J. Trump

On his plan to defeat ISIS (May 2015)
2010s, 2015
Context: There is a way of beating ISIS so easily, so quickly, so effectively, and it would be so nice... I know a way that would absolutely give us guaranteed victory... the problem is then everybody will take the idea, run with it and then people will forget where it came from... I ran it past two or three people. [It's] so simple. It's like the paper clip.

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