During an interview with Esquire magazine, The Donald asked: "What was the purpose of the whole thing? Hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and no legs?"

He added that he thinks it's folly to believe Iraq can be turned into a "wonderful democracy," the New York Daily News reported.

The president also got bad marks for not nabbing al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden, whom Trump said "would have been caught long ago" were he in the White House running things. Trump, a Republican, once considered a run for the White House.

"Tell me, how is it possible that we can't find a guy who's 6-foot-6 and supposedly needs a dialysis machine?" Trump asked Esquire. "Can you explain that one to me? We have all our energies focused on one place - where they shouldn't be focused."

Critics of The Donald might suggest that instead of focusing his attention on politics, he should be focusing them on Atlantic City, where his casinos are in deep financial trouble.

His Trump company owns 25 percent of the city's casinos and has lost money for six straight years.

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