Trump has made unimaginable foreign policy comments for a leading Republican presidential candidate. First, he offended immigrants by equating them to criminals and then he called for a ban on Muslims entering the country. His plan for defeating ISIS is no more logical: he would bomb ISIS-controlled territory and cut off their oil supply (by bombing Iraq). The trouble with this proposal is that most of the oil fields controlled by ISIS are, in fact, in Syria and he has not indicated he would approve military action in that region. At a campaign rally in early January, Trump attacked Clinton and Obama for creating ISIS through their ineffective policies in the region.
Clinton is easily the most experienced presidential candidate when it comes to foreign policy, since she served as secretary of state under Obama for four years. Her strategy to defeat ISIS is considered hawkish by experts, but is more defined than Trump's. Calling for a no-fly zone over Syria, deployment of special forces to Syria, and more monitoring of social media that is used to recruit fundamentalists, Clinton's plan is also more aggressive than Obama's.
With Super Tuesday quickly approaching (in which several states cast their votes for the nomination), we'll soon have a better idea if this Clinton/Trump race is the one to watch.
