Remember all that crazy talk from Donald Trump about finding more and better ways to torture people, about wiping out entire families, about engaging in a whole host of new and improved war-crimes? You know, the red meat Trump regularly tosses out to whip his frothing Republican base into a frenzy of cheering and chants of “USA! USA!”? Well, good news … he doesn't really mean it:
One of Donald Trump’s foreign-policy advisers said the Republican front-runner is only talking about torturing terrorists because “we are in a political season” and doesn’t believe a Trump administration would resort to such techniques. [...]
“This is a reaction to a very complex and difficult and challenging situation,” Phares said. “I think Mr. Trump, because we are in a political season, he’s making those statements, but when he will come to the White House … then he’s gonna be tasking experts to answer that question, and I’m not sure that the experts are gonna recommend any form of torture.”
Well, isn’t that clever and a giant relief for the rest of us … not to mention so very presidential!
On the other hand, if this is true and Trump doesn’t really mean all of his torture-talk, it will surely enrage his followers. Perhaps come intrepid journalist could ask Mr. Trump to confirm or deny Phares’ statement.