War on terror

Trump: Russia will have to take care of ISIS

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump says Russia will have to deal with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sooner or later, because the threat posed by the radical Islamic group is closer to its border.

Trump took fire from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) Sunday for saying that Russia would take care of ISIS, but he doubled down in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s "This Week."

“They don’t want ISIS going into Russia either. So they’re not bombing them yet,” he said.

U.S. officials say Russian airstrikes have targeted U.S.-backed rebels, but Trump said it's only a matter of time before Russia's military begins to focus on ISIS for fear it could sponsor terrorism in Moscow.