{"id":226636,"date":"2016-06-29T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=226636"},"modified":"2016-06-29T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:21:00","slug":"us-election-i-like-waterboarding-a-lot-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/us-election-i-like-waterboarding-a-lot-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"US election: ‘I like waterboarding a lot’ – Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
Republican Donald Trump has repeated calls for the return of waterboarding against Islamic State militants, saying: “I like it a lot.”<\/p>\n
His comments at a rally in Ohio came hours after suicide bombers killed 41 people at an airport in Istanbul.<\/p>\n
“You have to fight fire with fire,” said the Republican’s likely nominee, after referring to IS beheadings.<\/p>\n
Waterboarding, described by President Barack Obama as torture, was banned by the US in 2006.<\/p>\n
The Turkish authorities believe the so-called Islamic State was behind the attacks at Ataturk International Airport on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“We have to fight so viciously and violently because we’re dealing with violent people,” Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n
At one point, he asked the crowd: “What do you think about waterboarding?”<\/p>\n
They cheered as he gave his answer: “I like it a lot. I don’t think it’s tough enough.”<\/p>\n
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”.<\/p>\n