Daily world dispatch

Updated September 8 2016 - 12:14pm, first published 11:58am
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with 'Today' show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Photo: Evan Vucci
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with 'Today' show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Photo: Evan Vucci

"We're a poor country now - a debtor nation," Donald Trump told the editorial board of The Washington Post only a few months ago. But that hasn't stopped him promising more of everything in the military sphere today, including a quick fix for the security challenge posed by the so-called Islamic State.