Donald Trump vows to "strengthen" laws to allow torture, waterboarding
- 8 years ago
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he would "strengthen" laws to allow for the use of torture if he were elected president.
In an interview with "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson, Trump addressed the issue, which was raised during Thursday night's GOP debate.
"We have an enemy in the Middle East that's chopping off heads and drowning people in massive steel cages," Trump told Dickerson, speaking of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
"We have an enemy that doesn't play by the laws.
You could say laws, and they're laughing.
They're laughing at us right now.
I would like to strengthen the laws so that we can better compete."
"You know, it's very tough to beat enemies that don't have any, that don't have any restrictions, all right?
We have these massive restrictions.
Now, I will always abide by the law, but I would like to have the law expanded," Trump said.
In an interview with "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson, Trump addressed the issue, which was raised during Thursday night's GOP debate.
"We have an enemy in the Middle East that's chopping off heads and drowning people in massive steel cages," Trump told Dickerson, speaking of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
"We have an enemy that doesn't play by the laws.
You could say laws, and they're laughing.
They're laughing at us right now.
I would like to strengthen the laws so that we can better compete."
"You know, it's very tough to beat enemies that don't have any, that don't have any restrictions, all right?
We have these massive restrictions.
Now, I will always abide by the law, but I would like to have the law expanded," Trump said.