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‘Unpredictability’ on Nukes Among Trump Keys to Muslim Respect

The Republican presidential front-runner argued in an interview with Bloomberg's “With All Due Respect” that the U.S. shouldn't rule out torture, surveillance of mosques, or a NATO exit.

Trump Details Security Policy in Wake of Brussels Attacks

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In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks, Donald Trump fleshed out aspects of his national security strategy that include weighing whether NATO is obsolete, an emphasis on the virtues of unpredictability on the part of an American president, the potential use of nuclear weapons against Islamic State as a last resort and a single-minded focus of earning the respect of Muslims around the world.

“They have to respect us,” Trump said of Muslims in a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin and John Heilemann set to air in its entirety on Wednesday’s episode of With All Due Respect. “They do not respect us at all and frankly they don't respect a lot of things that are happening—not only our country, but they don't respect other things.”