Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner in this year's presidential race, aimed his colorful line of political commentary on Wednesday at a new target: Apple and its struggle to maintain the security of the iPhone. The topic came up during a phone-in appearance on Fox and Friends when Trump was asked for his thoughts on Apple's apparent refusal to aid FBI officials attempting to bypass the security on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

"I agree 100% with the courts. In that case we should open [the iPhone] up," said Trump, referring to the court's order requesting Apple assist the FBI in unlocking the iPhone of one of the shooters. "We have to use our heads, we have to use common sense."

In response to the FBI's request for assistance in bypassing the iPhone's security, Apple CEO Tim Cook made a bold play on Tuesday by publishing an open letter explaining why Apple should deny the government's request.

"The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation," Cook wrote. "In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession."

But in recent debates involving the GOP field of candidates, the general tenor of the discussion has favored policies that would prioritize security backdoors on mobile devices in the interest of combating terrorism over personal privacy rights.

And while Trump has shaken up the GOP race with a number of unorthodox takes on major political issues, the candidate mirrors the talking points in this area of his Republican competitors.

"To think that Apple won't allow us to get into [the shooter's] cellphone?" Trump said. "Who do they think they are? No, we have to open it up."

Although the comments are fairly predictable, Trump's specific naming of Apple in the debate on security could put even more pressure on the company to comply with the FBI's request and ultimately thrust Cook himself into the middle of the 2016 race as part of the debate around anti-terrorism efforts.

"This is a case [where] we should be able to get into the phone," Trump said. "We should find out what happened and why it happened and maybe there are other people involved."

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