“Now some people think ISIS will destroy Syria–so by going in and knocking ISIS we’re saving Assad and Syria,” Trump said. “It’s very ironic–and I have a theory to let ISIS destroy Assad and then destroy ISIS. We could destroy ISIS very quickly. In my opinion, it’ll be quick–I disagree with a lot of other people. When you send bombers over there for three or four weeks, it’ll be over as we know it. If we put out ISIS out of business, who’s the beneficiary if we do that? Syria and Iran. Let ISIS do their number and then after they do their number we go get them. But we’re defending Syria and we’re defending Iran by knocking out ISIS.”