Trump's Stance on Torture is Totally Crumbling, But He's Too Stubborn to Admit It
by Ronn Blitzer | 3:35 pm, January 27th, 2017
It’s been nearly a year since President Donald Trump started pushing his desire to use torture in the war on terror. While on the surface this position has remained throughout his candidacy and now presidency, in reality he’s done an about-face. Today’s press conference in which he said he’d defer to General Mattis on the issue is a prime example of Trump caving — without wanting to admit he is caving. The bottom line is “enhanced interrogation techniques” have been deemed to be illegal by the UN Convention Against Torture that the U.S. has ratified. Further, many experts question whether they even work. On top of that, Trump’s very own Secretary of Defense remains firmly against using these techniques. It seems Trump is finally coming to terms with this reality (without wanting to admit he was wrong).
So let’s take a look at Trump’s crumbling stance.
In February 2016, Trump made waves by saying that “torture works,” and he would “bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.” This ignored a U.S. policy that banned waterboarding and a UN Convention Against Torture.
In March, he already started to give mixed messages. In a debate, he said that he would potentially order enhanced interrogation, and assured the moderator that the military was “not going to refuse me. Believe me.” But then the next day, perhaps realizing the legal issues involved, he said that his orders would have their limits, saying, “I will not order a military officer to disobey the law.”
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