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EXCELLENT..Thanks. He’s a sharp man, I mean a really sharp man so why hasn’t he figured out yet that everything he’s said, I mean everything he’s said, is archived somewhere? What you say must be repeated several times to get the point across, doesn’t it? I mean, doesn’t it have to be repeated several times? UGH!

This is what Trump wrote - not what he says he wrote:

“The America We Deserve,” which was published in January 2000, makes a single reference to bin Laden. It doesn’t warn “we better be careful with this guy named Osama bin Laden.” It doesn’t say the U.S. “better take him out.” And Trump’s reference to bin Laden as someone “nobody really knew” at the time is wrong, too.

Here’s the lone reference to bin Laden in Trump’s book:

Trump, “The America We Deserve,” January 2000: Instead of one looming crisis hanging over us, we face a bewildering series of smaller crises, flash points, standoffs, and hot spots. We’re not playing the chess game to end all chess games anymore. We’re playing tournament chess, one master against many rivals. One day we’re all assured that Iraq is under control, the UN inspectors have done their work, everything’s fine, not to worry. The next day the bombing begins. One day we’re told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named Osama bin-Laden is public enemy number one, and U.S. jetfighters lay waste to his camp in Afghanistan. He escapes back under some rock, and a few news cycles later it’s on to a new enemy and new crisis.

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/12/trumps-bin-laden-prediction