republican presidential front-runner donald trump has a new attack line against hillary clinton: "she has caused death."









trump raised the stakes against clinton on cbs' "face the nation" sunday, insisting that as secretary of state in president obama's first term, clinton's decisions led to unnecessary deaths on both sides in the middle east.









"she<u+00a0>has caused tremendous death with incompetent decisions," trump said. "she caused a lot of the problems that we have right now.<u+00a0>you could say she caused the migration.









"the entire world has been upset.<u+00a0>the entire world, it's a different place.<u+00a0>during barack obama and hillary clinton's term, she's done a horrible job."









as he has said before, trump argued that getting rid of saddam hussein in iraq -- a policy of obama's predecessor, george w. bush -- has led to the rise of the islamic state.<u+00a0>"all of this has led to tremendous death and destruction," he said. "and she, for the most part, was in charge of it, along with obama."









trump acknowledged<u+00a0>that by calling for a ban on muslim immigration to the united states, he was giving radical islam a rallying cry. the terrorist group al-shabaab is now using <u+00a0>a clip of trump in calling for muslims to join jihad or<u+00a0>leave the u.s.









"what am i going to do?<u+00a0>i have to say what i have to say," trump said. "and you know what i have to say?<u+00a0>there's a problem.<u+00a0>we have to find out what is the problem.<u+00a0>and we have to solve that problem."









during the interview, trump also disagreed with obama on the need for more gun control -- particularly if the president tries to move the issue by executive action rather than working with a recalcitrant congress.<u+00a0>"all they want to do is blame the guns.<u+00a0>and it's not the gun that pulls the trigger," he said. "so i don't like it.<u+00a0>i don't like what he's doing."









rather than fiddle with the second amendment, trump said mental health is the problem. "we<u+00a0>should build, like, institutions for people that are sickos," he said. "we have sickos all over the place.<u+00a0>and that's the problem."









despite his lead in national polls, trump said he will spend about $2 million per week on advertising in the coming weeks leading to the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary.<u+00a0>"i think i'm probably wasting the money," he said. "but i'm $35 million under budget.... i almost feel guilty."
donald trump: hillary clinton has 'caused tremendous death'
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