Trump argued that his observation — which is not supported by Clinton’s actual campaign schedule — was among the reasons that she is “not what we need as a president.”

“We need tremendous energy,” he said, echoing an argument he has made against Bush. “We need tremendous smarts. We need somebody who’s going to get the job done. We have to get the job done.”

On a night when nearly half of the 50-minute event was devoted to audience questions, Trump talked up the value of waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques and said in response to a questioner that he would take a very different approach to terrorism than President Obama.

“We are going to handle it so tough,” Trump said. “I would handle it so tough you would have no idea.”