Bahrain Mirror: Speaking at a rally in Virginia US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made some controversial statements, attacking Gulf states who he describes as having "nothing but money."

The US will push for air and ground safe zones in Syria he said, but it won't pay for them, instead the rich Gulf states would. The safe zone policy is controversial because it can be construed as an attack on Syria since it would require warplanes to enforce it, Euronews reported.

"We want to do safe zones in Syria. I will get the Gulf states, who are not doing much, believe me. The Gulf states have nothing but money. I'm going to get them to pay. We owe 19 trillion, we're not paying for it. Don't forget, without us, the Gulf states won't exist," he said.

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