Donald Trump would 'absolutely' bring back waterboarding

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Donald Trump used the death of journalist James Foley as an example for why the United States should bring back 'strong interrogation' techniques
Trump continued to call for a 'database' for Muslims - though said it was needed for the Syrian refugees, not all Muslim Americans
The Donald also said he would surveil American mosques
Trump also called Jeb Bush a 'weak person' and said Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton didn't have the 'stamina' to be president
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By Nikki Schwab, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:08 EST, 22 November 2015 | Updated: 16:46 EST, 22 November 2015

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Donald Trump said he would 'absolutely' bring back 'strong interrogation' like waterboarding to aid the United States in the fight against ISIS if he were to become president.

'I would bring it back, yes, I would bring it back,' the Republican frontrunner said this morning during an appearance on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. 'I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they'd do to us.'

Trump brought up the gruesome death of journalist James Foley, who was beheaded by his ISIS captors, as a reason why more enhanced interrogation methods should be used, even though waterboarding is widely considered to be torture.

'That's a whole different level and I would absolutely bring back interrogation and strong interrogation,' Trump argued.

Donald Trump said on ABC's This Week that he would be comfortable bringing back waterboarding, because it's 'peanuts' compared to what ISIS is doing to hostages in the Middle East

Donald Trump's comments about closing mosques and registering Muslims have opened him up to attacks in recent days

In the days following the Paris terrorist attack, Trump's used strong language to tell audiences how he would root out terror.

He's suggested both registering Muslims in a database and closing American mosques, comments that have opened that candidate up to criticism.

'We’re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. We’re going to have to look at the mosques,' he said in an interview with Yahoo News published Thursday, saying he wouldn't rule out some kind of national database where Muslims would be required to register.

Stephanopoulos expected Trump to walk back from those comments, saying, 'let's try to clear that up,' before asking 'Are you unequivocally now ruling out a database on all Muslims?'

Trump said no.

'Not at all,' he replied. 'I want a database for the refugees that – if they come into the country. We have no idea who these people are,' Trump said, now focusing his database comments solely on refugees, and not on American Muslims generally.

The GOP frontrunner walked slightly back on his comments about closing mosques as well.

'Well, I don’t want to close mosques; I want to surveil mosques. I want mosques surveiled,' he told Stephanopoulos.

Trump also shot back at Jeb Bush, who called Trump's comments about Muslims 'just wrong.'

'It’s manipulating people's angst and their fears. That’s not strength. That’s weakness,' Bush told CNBC's 'Squawk Box.'

When asked about it by Stephanopoulos, Trump used his usual attack line against Bush, but with added heat.

'Well, Jeb Bush is a weak person and that’s been defined very strongly,' Trump said. 'I mean, Jeb is a weak person who is a, you know, I call him a low energy person. That’s what he is. I mean, call him anything you want, but Jeb is a person that will not solve a problem like this.'

Trump lumped in Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton with Bush too.

'You have very, very tough people that you’re dealing with,' Trump began. 'They only understand strength.'

'Somebody like Jeb, and others that are running against me – and, by the way, Hillary is another one. I mean, Hillary is a person who doesn’t have the strength or the stamina, in my opinion, to be president,' Trump continued.

'She doesn’t have strength or stamina,' Trump added. 'She’s not a strong enough person to be president.'