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Donald Trump suggests that the reason the U.S. cannot defeat the Islamic State is because it cannot operate in a "strong" enough manner. | AP Trump: CIA chief's waterboarding refusal 'ridiculous'

Donald Trump is none too pleased with CIA Director John Brennan's recent vow that the United States government would not waterboard even if a future president demanded it.

“Well I think his comments are ridiculous," Trump said in a telephone interview Monday with "Fox & Friends." "I mean, they chop off heads and they drown people in cages with 50 in cage in big steel, heavy cages, drop ‘em right into the water, drown people and we can’t waterboard and we can’t do anything."

Trump went on to suggest that the reason the U.S. cannot defeat the Islamic State is because it cannot operate in a "strong" enough manner.

"We’re playing on different fields, and we have a huge problem with ISIS, which we can’t beat. And the reason we can’t beat them is because we can’t use strong tactics, whether it’s this or other thing," he continued. "So I think his comments are ridiculous. Can you imagine these ISIS people sitting around, eating and talking about this country won’t allow waterboarding and they just chopped off 50 heads?”

In an interview with NBC News, Brennan remarked that his agency would not go along with orders to bring back waterboarding.

"I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I’ve heard banded about because this institution needs to endure,” Brennan said, adding that he would not acquiesce to having any CIA officer carry out waterboarding on suspected enemy combatants.