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| US election: 'I like waterboarding a lot', says Donald Trump | US election: 'I like waterboarding a lot', says Donald Trump |
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| Republican Donald Trump has repeated calls for the return of waterboarding against Islamic State militants, saying: "I like it a lot." | Republican Donald Trump has repeated calls for the return of waterboarding against Islamic State militants, saying: "I like it a lot." |
| His comments at a rally in Ohio came hours after suicide bombers killed 41 people at an airport in Istanbul. | His comments at a rally in Ohio came hours after suicide bombers killed 41 people at an airport in Istanbul. |
| "You have to fight fire with fire," said the Republican's likely nominee, after referring to IS beheadings. | "You have to fight fire with fire," said the Republican's likely nominee, after referring to IS beheadings. |
| Waterboarding, described by President Barack Obama as torture, was banned by the US in 2006. | Waterboarding, described by President Barack Obama as torture, was banned by the US in 2006. |
| The Turkish authorities believe the so-called Islamic State was behind the attacks at Ataturk International Airport on Tuesday. | The Turkish authorities believe the so-called Islamic State was behind the attacks at Ataturk International Airport on Tuesday. |
| "We have to fight so viciously and violently because we're dealing with violent people," Mr Trump said. | "We have to fight so viciously and violently because we're dealing with violent people," Mr Trump said. |
| At one point, he asked the crowd: "What do you think about waterboarding?" | At one point, he asked the crowd: "What do you think about waterboarding?" |
| They cheered as he gave his answer: "I like it a lot. I don't think it's tough enough." | They cheered as he gave his answer: "I like it a lot. I don't think it's tough enough." |
| The New York tycoon lamented that the US is prevented from waterboarding but "they [Islamic State] can do chopping off heads, drowning people in steel cages, they can do whatever they want to do". | |
| Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, who will face Mr Trump in November's election, said in response to the attacks in Istanbul that the US "cannot retreat". | Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, who will face Mr Trump in November's election, said in response to the attacks in Istanbul that the US "cannot retreat". |
| "We must deepen our co-operation with our allies and partners in the Middle East and Europe to take on this threat". | "We must deepen our co-operation with our allies and partners in the Middle East and Europe to take on this threat". |
| Mr Trump has faced much criticism - even from within his own party - by calling on the US to close its borders to Muslim arrivals. | Mr Trump has faced much criticism - even from within his own party - by calling on the US to close its borders to Muslim arrivals. |
| Recently there are signs that he is retreating from that and instead recommending a ban from people arriving from "terror nations" although it's not clear which countries they are. | Recently there are signs that he is retreating from that and instead recommending a ban from people arriving from "terror nations" although it's not clear which countries they are. |
| Earlier on Tuesday, he compared the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement to rape and threatened to confront China in a trade war. | Earlier on Tuesday, he compared the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement to rape and threatened to confront China in a trade war. |
| He says that free trade, which has been Republican orthodoxy for many years, hurts American workers. | He says that free trade, which has been Republican orthodoxy for many years, hurts American workers. |
| More on Trump's foreign policy | More on Trump's foreign policy |