“The Obama-Clinton foreign policy has unleashed ISIS, destabilized the Middle East, and put the nation of Iran – which chants, “death to America” – in a dominant position”, Trump told an invited audience gathered at Youngstown State University in OH, a key state in his election battle against his Democratic opponent in November.
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“A new immigration policy is needed”, said Trump.
“We should only admit into our country those who share our values and respect our people”, he said from Youngstown, Ohio.
He did say that implementing the policy overhaul would require a temporary halt in immigration from “the most unsafe and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism”.
The size of current immigration flows are simply too large to perform adequate screening.
Trump, invoking the ideological fight between the USA and Soviet Union in the Cold War, said the “extreme” security measures would include requiring immigrants seeking entry to the U.S.to first take an ideological test.
Claiming that his administration will not allow the Internet to be used as a “recruiting tool” for radical propaganda, Trump challenged the U.S.to look beyond the immediate threat of terrorism and combat the evil inherent within radical extremist ideology. He’s struggled to stay on message and has consistently overshadowed his policy rollouts, including an economic speech last week, with provocative statements, including falsely declaring that President Barack Obama was the “founder” of the Islamic State.
Trump repeatedly hit his opponent, saying the former secretary of state “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS”.
“With one episode of bad judgment after another, Hillary Clinton’s bad policies launched ISIS onto the world stage”, Trump said.
Trump, a wealthy NY businessman whose volatile campaign has alienated some in the Republican establishment, faced a fresh rebuke on Monday as he falls behind Clinton in opinion polls ahead of the November 8 election.
FILE – Islamic State fighters firing their weapons during clashes with the Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces.
“Whenever you hear Trump talk about foreign policy, picture him in the [White House] Situation Room making decisions for all of us”.
Meanwhile the conservative Wall Street Journal, a traditional backer of Republican ideals, said Trump is “on the path to losing a winnable race”.
While Trump has been criticized for failing to lay out detailed policies, aides say Monday’s speech will again focus on his broader vision.
The foreign policy speech is a complement to the economy speech that Trump gave last week, aides said, describing them as twin pillars of the candidate’s policy agenda.
Immigration was one of three areas, along with diplomacy and national security, Trump identified Monday as needing wholesale reforms.
Trump also said he would keep open the military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which political figures from President Obama and Sen.
Manafort was a Yanukovych consultant before the deposed president fled the country in a 2014 popular uprising.
FILE – Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland. The anti-corruption bureau is looking into whether the off-the record payment came from stolen Ukrainian government assets.
Mr Manafort denied any wrongdoing, saying he had “never received a single ‘off-the books cash payment, ‘” or worked for the governments of Ukraine or Russian Federation.
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Trump did not mention his earlier blanket proposal to bar all foreign-born Muslims from entry, a plan that remains on his official website, and offered scant details about what “extreme vetting” would involve.
