Rep. Issa Calls Trump the ‘Anwar Sadat of Our Country’

“The Anwar Sadat of our country” — that’s how Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., hailed President Donald Trump.

Speaking at Monday’s Grand Strategy Summit of the Richard Nixon Foundation in Washington, Issa likened the president to the late Egyptian leader because, like Sadat, “Trump is a person who will go anywhere fearlessly.”

“The fact is great people are not afraid to go where others say Oh, no. We’ve got to preclear this. It’s got to be all perfect,” Issa told journalist Matthew Foldi.

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