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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.” |
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. |
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