--- title: Donald Trump's National Security Speehc: Read the Transcript description: Trump gave a speech in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday, calling for "extreme vetting" of visa applicants canonical: https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-15T20:38:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:43:01.013Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism og:description: Trump called for "extreme vetting" of visa applicants og:url: https://time.com/4453110/donald-trump-national-security-immigration-terrorism-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1327d1b396098f44/6988a276cd1bbaaa64701fad/donald-trump-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism twitter:description: Trump called for "extreme vetting" of visa applicants twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1327d1b396098f44/6988a276cd1bbaaa64701fad/donald-trump-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Ohio Speech on Immigration and Terrorism > Sponsored content. 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Trump called for an ideological test for immigrants in a new policy speech, saying he would institute “extreme vetting” for visa applicants._ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 15, 2016 8:38 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 15, 2016 8:38 PM UTC Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave a new policy speech on immigration and terrorism Monday in Youngstown, Ohio. In the fiery speech, Trump said that he would institute “extreme vetting” of visa applicants, citing domestic terrorism incidents like the shootings in San Bernardino and Orlando as examples of a failed immigration policy. Read the speech in full below. --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ## Transcript In the 20th century, the United States has defeated Fascism, Nazism, and Communism. Now a different threat challenges our world. Radical Islamic Terrorism. We cannot let this evil continue. Nor can we let the hateful ideology of radical Islam, its suppression of women, gays, children, and non- believers be allowed to reside or spread Within our own countries. We will not remember this defeated with closed eyes or silenced voices. We have a president that doesn't wanna say the words. Anyone who cannot name our enemy is not fit. To lead our country. The rise of ISIS is the direct result of policy decisions made by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton. Our new approach, which must be shared by both parties in America, by our allies overseas, and by our friends in the Middle East Must be to halt the spread of radical Islam. All actions should be oriented around this goal, and any country which shares this goal will be our ally. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats We face today. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme, extreme vetting. Our country has enough problems. We don't need more. And these are problems like we've never had before. 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