Trump reveals US generals will be given just 30 days to come up with a plan to destroy ISIS if he becomes president
Republican candidate slammed for 'complete lack of understanding' of threat facing US
DONALD Trump has given generals 30 days to come up with a plan to obliterate ISIS.
The US presidential hopeful has revealed the clock would be ticking for the American top brass if he were to win the election later this year.
The right-wing Republican candidate is due to face off against Democrat Hillary Clinton in November, with the prize being a term in the White House.
And the businessman turned politician has made the quick defeat of ISIS an apparent campaign pledge.
Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, Trump said: "We are going to convey my top generals and give them a simple instruction.
"They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating ISIS. We have no choice."
The suggestion that the terror group could be crushed so easily has led to criticism of the politician.
Speaking to , retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling said: "It shows a complete lack of understanding of the threat and the ways to fight it."
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He added: "I had to ask myself – what the hell does he think we've been trying to do for the last 14 years in terms of al Qaeda?"
Trump is also expected to announce an increase in the defence budget if he were to take charge, in order to achieve his global goals.
And the Republican appears to have some support from the military.
He recently received the backing of 88 former top officers, including retired generals and admirals.
They declared their trust for Trump and railed against Clinton for her involvement in defence budget cuts under Obama.
But the Republican has a troubled history with the armed forces and is not universally popular with soldiers.
Last year he appeared to criticise fellow Republican, John McCain, who was tortured for five years after being captured in the Vietnam War.
Trump – who never served in Vietnam after being excused for medical reasons – seemed to suggest McCain wasn’t a hero, saying he preferred ''people who weren't captured''.
And earlier this year he appeared to attack the parents of Humayun Khan, a Muslim US soldier killed in Iraq, after they criticised him in a speech at a rival Democrat rally.
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