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Both strongmen committed atrocities against their own people and are now dead. Saddam, the former Iraqi president, was toppled in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and was executed in 2006.
Gaddafi – who ruled Libya for four decades – was ousted and slain in October 2011.
“People are getting their heads chopped off. They’re being drowned. Right now it’s far worse than ever under Saddam Hussein or Gaddafi,” Trump said.
“I mean, look what happened. Libya is a catastrophe. Libya is a disaster. Iraq is a disaster. Syria is a disaster. The whole Middle East. It all blew up around Hillary Clinton and around Obama. It blew up.”
Calling Iraq the “Harvard of terrorism,” Trump said the country had turned into a “training ground for terrorists”.
“If you look at Iraq from years ago, I’m not saying he [Saddam] was a nice guy. He was a horrible guy but it’s better than it is now,” Trump said.
Trump said his foreign policy strategy would be centred on beefing up the US military.
“All I know is this: we’re living in Medieval times… We’re living in an unbelievably dangerous and horrible world,” Trump said.
“The Trump doctrine is simple,” he added. “It’s strength. It’s strength. Nobody is going to mess with us. Our military will be made stronger.”
