{"id":41603,"date":"2016-06-30T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=41603"},"modified":"2016-06-30T09:29:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:29:54","slug":"us-election-i-like-waterboarding-a-lot-says-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=41603","title":{"rendered":"US election: &#8216;I like waterboarding a lot&#8217;, says Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\nBBC<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41608\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90157039_trumptorture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41608\" class=\"wp-image-41608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90157039_trumptorture.jpg\" alt=\"_90157039_trumptorture\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90157039_trumptorture.jpg 660w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90157039_trumptorture-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image copyright: AP Image caption: Mr Trump said the US should use waterboarding against Islamic State militants<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<aside class=\"pullout mini-hyper\">\n<div class=\"pullout-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Road to the White House<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"related-items\">\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">50 Trump supporters explain why<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">What an Obama endorsement will mean for Hillary<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">Donald Trump&#8217;s Hispanic voter &#8216;doomsday&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">Why aren&#8217;t we more excited about Clinton?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Republican Donald Trump has repeated calls for the return of waterboarding against Islamic State militants, saying: &#8220;I like it a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His comments at a rally in Ohio came hours after suicide bombers killed 41 people at an airport in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to fight fire with fire,&#8221; said the Republicans&#8217; likely nominee, after referring to IS beheadings.<\/p>\n<p>Waterboarding, described by President Barack Obama as torture, was banned by the US in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish authorities believe the so-called Islamic State was behind the attacks at Ataturk International Airport on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to fight so viciously and violently because we&#8217;re dealing with violent people,&#8221; Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, he asked the crowd: &#8220;What do you think about waterboarding?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They cheered as he gave his answer: &#8220;I like it a lot. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s tough enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The New York tycoon lamented that the US is prevented from waterboarding but &#8220;they [Islamic State] can do chopping off heads, drowning people in steel cages, they can do whatever they want to do&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41612\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90158015_hi025051848.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41612\" class=\"wp-image-41612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90158015_hi025051848.jpg\" alt=\"_90158015_hi025051848\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90158015_hi025051848.jpg 624w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/90158015_hi025051848-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image copyright: GETTY IMAGES Image caption: Trump has been criticised for condoning torture<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, who will face Mr Trump in November&#8217;s election, said in response to the attacks in Istanbul that the US &#8220;cannot retreat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must deepen our co-operation with our allies and partners in the Middle East and Europe to take on this threat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump has faced much criticism &#8211; even from within his own party &#8211; by calling on the US to close its borders to Muslim arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>Recently there are signs that he is retreating from that and instead recommending a ban from people arriving from &#8220;terror nations&#8221; although it&#8217;s not clear which countries they are.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, he compared the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement to rape and threatened to confront China in a trade war.<\/p>\n<p>He says that free trade, which has been Republican orthodoxy for many years, hurts American workers.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-36664752\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-36664752<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}