Donald Trump's speech at Youngstown, Ohio yesterday has kicked up another storm due to the GOP presidential nominee's suggestion that Muslim immigrants to the country and visitors should be put through an ideological test in order to determine whether they pose any threat to the United States. He said, "My administration will aggressively pursue joint and coalition military operations to crush and destroy ISIS.International cooperation to cut off their funding, expanded intelligence sharing and cyberwarfare to disrupt and disable their propaganda and recruiting . . . It's got to be stopped."
He went on to state that the United States should be prepared to indulge in thorough vetting so that "any hostile attitude towards our country or its principles, or who believed sharia law should supplant American law. . . . Those who did not believe in our Constitution or who support bigotry and hatred will not be admitted for immigration into our country." Trump continued, "In the Cold War," he said, "we had an ideological screening test. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. . . . I call it extreme, extreme vetting." He also stated that, if elected President, he would continue to use drone attacks as a part of the defence strategy of the country, "Drone strikes will remain part of our strategy, but we will also seek to capture high-value targets to gain needed information to dismantle their organizations. Foreign combatants will be tried in military commissions,"
A report on Washington Post stated, "Much of Trump's speech drew from previous campaign appearances and a lengthy foreign policy speech he delivered in April, including a pledge for the United States to "get out of the nation-building business." But in the absence of specific plans, he also left behind much of his bombast, including a promise made during the primary campaign to "bomb the s---" out of the Islamic State. "I'd blow up every single inch, there would be nothing left," he said in November."
[Quotes from Washington Post]
