Mosul battle launched to make Clinton look good, says Trump

Something from the last US presidential debate: Republican candidate Donald Trump said last night that Iraqi forces launched the battle for Mosul to make his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton “look good”.

"The only reason they did it is because she’s running for the office of president and they want to look tough," he said. "They want to look good."

"She wanted to look good for the election," Trump added. "So they're going in."

Clinton said that Trump's comments "amazed" her.

"I'm just amazed that he seems to think that the Iraqi government and our allies and everybody else launched the attack on Mosul to help me in this election, but that’s how Donald thinks," she said. "You know, he always is looking for some conspiracy."

Trump also said Iran would be the "main beneficiary" of the liberation of Mosul.

I'll just leave this here... Trump's Mosul comments come in at 3m 40s.