Trump doubles down, says ‘torture works’

Donald Trump went even further in his support of waterboarding and other banned interrogation techniques Wednesday, saying that as president he would use torture in the fight against terrorism.

“Don’t tell me it doesn’t work — torture works,” Trump said during a campaign event at a retirement community here Wednesday morning. “Half these guys [say]: ‘Torture doesn’t work.’ Believe me, it works.”

Most Republican candidates for president approve of the use of waterboarding in extreme cases, calling it a valuable enhanced interrogation technique that is not torture, which is forbidden under U.S. and international law.