'I talked about it when I left': Trump spoke about terror screening after tenure

Former President Donald Trump at a speech on Saturday said that he spoke about terrorism targets and screening processes after he left office.

Trump, whose central theme of the speech appeared to be that nothing bad happened during the four years he served as president, started talking about terrorism after insulting Joe Biden's intelligence. Trump is currently facing criminal charges for allegedly mishandling secrets of the U.S.

"I just met some children that are far smarter," Trump said at the multi-speaker event. "They are smarter than Biden by a lot. That would include in his prime."

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Trump then said that, on day one of his presidency if he won, that he "would restore the Trump travel ban."

He condemned entry to the United States from "terror-plagued countries."

He then endorsed a process for "ideological screening for all immigrants," saying it worked well when he was in office and that it was approved by the Supreme Court.

"I didn't talk about it," Trump then said, referring to earlier comments he made about how commenting on our vulnerabilities could invite terrorism.

"I talked about it when I left," he said.

Trump added, "If you hate America, if you want to abolish Israel, you're just not going to get in. You're not getting in."

Trump is leading all other 2024 Republican presidential candidates and is the clear front-runner for winning his party's presidential nomination next year.