--- title: Donald Trump Talks About Tackling ISIS description: Donald Trump told MSNBC his plans for tackling the Islamic State. canonical: https://time.com/3990830/donald-trump-isis/ author: Ben Geier/Fortune article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-10T16:24:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:02:55.022Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's what Donald Trump would do about ISIS og:description: He'd send in the military very quickly. og:url: https://time.com/3990830/donald-trump-isis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57e27dba134d4070/69885e4e0b72e31dbc6e54a4/donald-trump-debate-questions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Real estate tycoon Donald Trump speaks during the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's what Donald Trump would do about ISIS twitter:description: He'd send in the military very quickly. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57e27dba134d4070/69885e4e0b72e31dbc6e54a4/donald-trump-debate-questions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Donald Trump Would Do About ISIS by [Ben Geier/Fortune](/author/ben-geierfortune/) ## Ben Geier/Fortune Aug 10, 2015 4:24 PM CUT  Real estate tycoon Donald Trump speaks during the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump speaks during the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images by [Ben Geier/Fortune](/author/ben-geierfortune/) ## Ben Geier/Fortune Aug 10, 2015 4:24 PM CUT For anyone who thinks Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is all bluster and no policies, check out this: The Donald has told the world exactly how he’d deal with ISIS. The plan is sure to please the neoconservatives in the Republican party: use force. “I would knock out the source of their wealth, the primary source of their wealth, which is oil,” he told [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe "undefined"). “I would knock the hell out of them, but I’d put a ring around it and I’d take the oil for our country.” Prior to the interview on Morning Joe, the hosts also ran a clip of Trump talking in 1987 about how he thought the US should invade Iran and take their oil, while leaving the rest of the country. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3990830/donald-trump-isis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3990830/donald-trump-isis/"},"headline":"Here's What Donald Trump Would Do About ISIS","datePublished":"2015-08-10T16:24:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:02:55.022Z","description":"He'd send in the military very quickly.","url":"https://time.com/3990830/donald-trump-isis/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Iran","Foreign Policy","politics","Oil","ISIS","Islamic State","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57e27dba134d4070/69885e4e0b72e31dbc6e54a4/donald-trump-debate-questions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Geier/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ben-geierfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57e27dba134d4070/69885e4e0b72e31dbc6e54a4/donald-trump-debate-questions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Real estate tycoon Donald Trump speaks during the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","caption":"Real estate tycoon Donald Trump speaks during the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","creditText":"MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images","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":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3990830/donald-trump-isis/","name":"Here's What Donald Trump Would Do About ISIS"}}]}] ```