--- title: Donald Trump to Explain His Approach to Fighting ISIS description: Donald Trump will say fighting ISIS and Islam is on-par with the Cold War canonical: https://time.com/4452131/donald-trump-foreign-policy-islam/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-15T12:21:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:58:41.967Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump to Explain His Approach to Fighting ISIS og:description: Donald Trump will say fighting ISIS and Islam is on-par with the Cold War og:url: https://time.com/4452131/donald-trump-foreign-policy-islam/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7edc87f7cd44e639/6988a26d196cf4779103cda3/donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump to Explain His Approach to Fighting ISIS twitter:description: Donald Trump will say fighting ISIS and Islam is on-par with the Cold War twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7edc87f7cd44e639/6988a26d196cf4779103cda3/donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump to Focus on ISIS Fight in Foreign Policy Speech by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 15, 2016 12:21 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking during a campaign rally at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. on Aug. 13, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking during a campaign rally at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. on Aug. 13, 2016.Evan Vucci—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 15, 2016 12:21 PM CUT Donald Trump will revisit his proposed [Muslim immigration policy](http://time.com/4367213/orlando-shooting-donald-trump-immigration-terrorism/ "undefined") in a foreign policy speech on Monday, and set out a vision for a United States waging war against ISIS and radical Islam. The Republican presidential nominee is expected to say that any nation that shares the U.S.’s goal of destroying ISIS, regardless of underlying ideological divisions, should be considered an ally, the [Associated Press](http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/08/15/donald-trump-ohio-speech-preview-foreign-policy-realism-replace-nation-building/88751986/ "undefined") reports. In the speech, set to be delivered from Ohio on Monday, Trump will also lay out a new approach to immigration under which the U.S. would restrict visas for citizens of countries where the U.S cannot perform accurate security screenings. The new immigration policy is a new iteration of the controversial “[total and complete shutdown](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-preventing-muslim-immigration "undefined")” of Muslims entering the U.S, first announced in December. The plan has taken many forms throughout the campaign. [After Orlando](http://time.com/4367213/orlando-shooting-donald-trump-immigration-terrorism/ "undefined"), Trump said he would “suspend immigration from areas of the world when there is a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies, until we fully understand how to end these threats.” The latest, [CNN reports](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/14/politics/donald-trump-isis-fight/ "undefined"), also includes a test to determine how visa applicants consider American values. Trump considers his approach to global events as “foreign policy realism,” the AP reports. The U.S., he will say, is in a Cold War-like standoff with radical Islam. Trump’s remarks come on the heels of a stretch of off-the-cuff statements and off-message moments — including [calling President Barack Obama the “founder” of ISIS](http://time.com/4448441/donald-trump-isis-founder/ "undefined") — that have pushed top Republicans to put pressure on the candidate to stay focused. \[[_AP_](http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/08/15/donald-trump-ohio-speech-preview-foreign-policy-realism-replace-nation-building/88751986/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4452131/donald-trump-foreign-policy-islam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4452131/donald-trump-foreign-policy-islam/"},"headline":"Donald Trump to Focus on ISIS Fight in Foreign Policy Speech","datePublished":"2016-08-15T12:21:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:58:41.967Z","description":"Campaign says Ohio remarks will focus on 'foreign policy realism'","url":"https://time.com/4452131/donald-trump-foreign-policy-islam/","keywords":["Foreign Policy","Terrorism","Islam","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7edc87f7cd44e639/6988a26d196cf4779103cda3/donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7edc87f7cd44e639/6988a26d196cf4779103cda3/donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking during a campaign rally at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. on Aug. 13, 2016.","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4452131/donald-trump-foreign-policy-islam/","name":"Donald Trump to Focus on ISIS Fight in Foreign Policy Speech"}}]}] ```