Donald Trump has long denied supporting intervention in Libya in 2011, claiming that if Moammar Gadhafi were still in power, the nation would be better off. But as BuzzFeed has reported on multiple occasions, Trump actually pushed for intervention in Libya back in 2011.
Trump finally admitted as much on Sunday, telling CBS's John Dickerson that, "I was for something, but I wasn't for what we have right now."
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