US presidential candidates speak out on Syria
The leading US presidential candidates have differing positions on Syria, combating the Islamic State and the admission of Syrian refugees to the United States.
With international talks on Syria set to resume at the United Nations in New York in the coming days, here are the leading US presidential candidates’ positions on Syria, combating the Islamic State (IS) and the admission of Syrian refugees to the United States.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Donald J. Trump
Leading Republican presidential candidate, the unapologetically bombastic real estate tycoon and TV personality Donald J. Trump has mostly framed the Syria issue in relation to his call to build a wall on the US-Mexican border to keep out illegal immigrants and, he claimed, deter potential IS militants who might pose as Syrian refugees to try to enter the United States. The Mexican government should pay for this wall, Trump has proposed.
