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Donald Trump would bring back waterboarding because it is 'peanuts compared to chopping off heads' Donald Trump would bring back waterboarding because it is 'peanuts compared to chopping off heads'
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Donald Trump has said he would bring back waterboarding if he was made President.Donald Trump has said he would bring back waterboarding if he was made President.
Speaking in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, the would-be Republican candidate said the interrogation technique, widely considered to be a form of torture, was “peanuts compared to chopping off people’s heads”.Speaking in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, the would-be Republican candidate said the interrogation technique, widely considered to be a form of torture, was “peanuts compared to chopping off people’s heads”.
The billionaire businessman sparked controversy at the end of last week by suggesting he would have all Muslims living on the US register on a database.The billionaire businessman sparked controversy at the end of last week by suggesting he would have all Muslims living on the US register on a database.
Mr Trump has since suggested the database would be “just for Syrian refugees”, but when asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos if he would unequivocally rule out a database on all Muslims, he replied: “No, not at all.”Mr Trump has since suggested the database would be “just for Syrian refugees”, but when asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos if he would unequivocally rule out a database on all Muslims, he replied: “No, not at all.”
The US should “be very, very vigilant” of any refugees it accepted from Syria, he said, adding: “They should not come in, by the way. They should not be allowed to come in.”The US should “be very, very vigilant” of any refugees it accepted from Syria, he said, adding: “They should not come in, by the way. They should not be allowed to come in.”
And referring to Isis’s high-profile public executions of hostages over the past year and a half, he said: “We have to be strong. You know, they don’t use waterboarding over there, they use chopping off people’s heads.And referring to Isis’s high-profile public executions of hostages over the past year and a half, he said: “We have to be strong. You know, they don’t use waterboarding over there, they use chopping off people’s heads.
“I would bring it back, yes. I would bring it back. I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they’d do to us, what they’re doing to us, what they did to James Foley when they chopped off his head.“I would bring it back, yes. I would bring it back. I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they’d do to us, what they’re doing to us, what they did to James Foley when they chopped off his head.
“That’s a whole different level and I would absolutely bring back interrogation and strong interrogation.”“That’s a whole different level and I would absolutely bring back interrogation and strong interrogation.”
During the interview, Stephanopoulos pressed Trump on his support of the Second Amendment – the right to bear arms – and the fact that he would have a watchlist for Muslims.During the interview, Stephanopoulos pressed Trump on his support of the Second Amendment – the right to bear arms – and the fact that he would have a watchlist for Muslims.
Asked if he accepted the fact that “under current law, individuals on the terror watchlist and the no-fly list have been allowed to buy guns and explosives”, Mr Trump said: “ We have to have a watchlist, and if that watchlist has somebody that’s -- you know, we have -- you know, we have the laws right now. We have the laws already on the books as far as Second Amendment for guns, and as you know I’m a big, big, really big proponent of the Second Amendment.”Asked if he accepted the fact that “under current law, individuals on the terror watchlist and the no-fly list have been allowed to buy guns and explosives”, Mr Trump said: “ We have to have a watchlist, and if that watchlist has somebody that’s -- you know, we have -- you know, we have the laws right now. We have the laws already on the books as far as Second Amendment for guns, and as you know I’m a big, big, really big proponent of the Second Amendment.”
"Some of the candidates, they went in and didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work and sweated like dogs, and they didn’t know the room was too big because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS?"
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"I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
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"Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people."
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"When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists."
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"I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower."
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"If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable."
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"What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate."
"Everything in life is luck."
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"You have to think anyway, so why not think big?"
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"Bush is totally in favour of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favour of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it."
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"You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high. It's virtually useless. And remember the $5 billion web site?... I have so many web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a web site. It costs me $3."
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"Obama is going to be out playing golf. He might be on one of my courses. I would invite him. I have the best courses in the world. I have one right next to the White House."
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"Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money."
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"The American Dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again."
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Trump did back away from comments on closing mosques. In an interview on Tuesday, he said the United States was “going to have no choice” but to close mosques.Trump did back away from comments on closing mosques. In an interview on Tuesday, he said the United States was “going to have no choice” but to close mosques.
But on Sunday, Trump said: “I don't want to close mosques; I want to surveil mosques.”But on Sunday, Trump said: “I don't want to close mosques; I want to surveil mosques.”
Ben Carson, who faced criticism this week for comparing Syrian refugees to “rabid dogs”, wouldn't say whether he would reinstate the use of waterboarding.Ben Carson, who faced criticism this week for comparing Syrian refugees to “rabid dogs”, wouldn't say whether he would reinstate the use of waterboarding.
“I'm not real big on telling them what we would or would not do,” Carson said.“I'm not real big on telling them what we would or would not do,” Carson said.