Praising Israeli tactics, Trump calls for racial profiling

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reiterated his call for racial profiling on Monday to effectively neutralize the threat of terrorist attacks in the United States.

“Our local police, they know who a lot of these people are. They are afraid to do anything about it because they don’t want to be accused of profiling,” Trump said in an interview on the “Fox & Friends” morning program. 

Trump pointed to Israel’s policing and security tactics as a tool to prevent future terrorist attacks,

“You know, in Israel, they profile,” Trump said. “They’ve done an unbelievable job — as good as you can do. But Israel has done an unbelievable job. And they’ll profile. They profile. They see somebody that’s suspicious. They will profile. They will take that person in. They will check out.”

It’s not the first time Trump had suggested to implement a policy of racial profiling. 

In June, following the San Bernardino and Orlando terrorist attacks, the Republican nominee