2016 GOP Debate: Donald Trump on his strategy to defeat ISIS Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump discusses his strategy to defeat ISIS at the #GOPDebate at St. Anselm College in Manchester. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT MR. TRUMP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR RUBIO, MR. TRUMP. YOU HAVE SAID YOU WILL VIGOROUSLY BOMB ISIS. YOU'VE SAID, WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF ISIS, QUICKLY, QUICKLY. HOW WOULD YOU GET RID OF THEM SO QUICKLY AND PLEASE GIVE US SPECIFICS. WELL, FOUR YEARS AGO, I SAID, BOMB THE OIL AND TAKE THE OIL. AND IF WE DID THAT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE WEALTH THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. NOW, I STILL SAY THE SAME THING. BECAUSE WE'RE DOING LITTLE PINPRICKS, WE'RE NOT EVEN BOMB, IF SOMEBODY IS DRIVING A TRUCK, THEY GIVE NOTICE, WE'RE GOING TO BOMB. IF THEY DON'T GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK SAILS AWAY WITH THE OIL. WE DON'T WANT TO BOMB THE OIL, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HURT -- POLLUTE THE ATMOSPHERE. CAN YOU IMAGINE, GENERAL PATTON SAYING, WE CAN'T BOMB BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HURT THE ATMOSPHERE. YOU HAVE TO KNOCK THE HELL OUT OF THE OIL. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE OIL. AND YOU HAVE ALSO BACK CHANNELS OF BANKING. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO THINK ARE OUR FRIENDS, IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THAT ARE PAYING TREMENDOUS NUMBERS OF -- TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO ISIS, SO, WE HAVE TO STOP THOSE CIRCUITS. NOBODY KNOWS BANKING BETTER THAN I DO. THEY HAVE BACK CHANNELS. TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY IS COMING IN THROUGH THE BANKING SYSTEM. SO, BETWEEN THE OIL AND THE BANKING, YOU WILL DRY THEM UP. BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOUR YEARS AGO, NOT NOW. AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THOSE CITY WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE TRYING TO HELP WHO ISIS IS ESSENTIALLY HOLDING HOSTAGE? YOU HAVE TO GO IN -- FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THEIR MONEY AND WEALTH, THAT WILL WEA WEAKEN. IT WILL LAST FOR A YEAR. BUT WHEN YOU STOP THE BANKING CHANNELS AND WHEN YOU STOP THE OIL AND TAKE THE OIL, NOT JUST BOMB IT, TAKE IT, WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT'S GOING TO DRY UP VERY QUICKLY.

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