Trump would turn to generals for Islamic State plan

On his first day in office, Donald Trump would order the military to formulate a plan within one month for defeating ISIL, he said on Tuesday.

Previously, Trump has maintained he has a plan to defeat ISIL (also referred to as ISIS) that he did not want to discuss to avoid tipping his hand to America’s enemies.


But on Tuesday night, Trump suggested that he is still in need of a plan.

“I am also going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction: They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for defeating ISIS,” said Trump while outlining actions he would take on his first day as president during a rally in Greenville, North Carolina.

In June, Trump rebuffed Fox News host Greta Van Susteren’s attempts to extract the details of his "foolproof" plan, explaining, “If I run, and If I win, I don’t want the enemy to know what I’m doing. Unfortunately, I’ll probably have to tell at some point, but there is a method of defeating them quickly and effectively and having total victory.”

At an April rally in Connecticut, Trump said of his strategy for defeating ISIL, "I have a great plan. It's going to be great. They ask, 'What is it?' Well, I'd rather not say. I'd rather be unpredictable."

"I don't want to be like Barack Obama where he announced a few months ago we are sending 50 soldiers, our finest, to Iraq and Syria," Trump added. "Why do you announce that? Why do you tell the enemy that your sending people over there and they now have a target on their backs?"

Representatives of the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for clarification.

