Four-star general trolls Donald Trump over torture

Retired United States Marine Corps General John Allen — (Image credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Moments after Donald Trump praised waterboarding at an Iowa rally Thursday night, retired United States Marine Corps Gen. John Allen passionately pledged at the Democratic National Convention that "our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture."

Though Allen, who served in the war in Afghanistan, expressed certainty that America will defeat "ISIS and others like you," he emphasized that we need someone in power like Hillary Clinton, not Trump, to do so. "With her as our commander-in-chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction," Allen said, noting that "she, as no other, knows how to use all instruments of American power."

Catch a clip of Allen's speech below. Becca Stanek

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