DONALD TRUMP promised a “new era of peace” on Thursday night — claimed he would to end the US’s regime-change policies of the past.

Addressing a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, on his victory tour of the Midwestern swing states that secured his win last month, the president-elect hinted at co-operation with Syria, Iran and Lebanon.

“We will partner with every nation that is willing to join us in the effort to defeat Isis and radical Islamic terrorism.”

“We will destroy Isis. At the same time, we will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past.
“We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments, folks.

“Our goal is stability, not chaos because we want to rebuild our country. It’s time.”

However the rally — Mr Trump’s first big speech since his election — also and saw him repeat his hate-filled rhetoric.

He boasted about his wins in Midwest states that typically vote Democratic saying: “We didn’t just break the blue wall, we shattered it,” and also veered off script to belittle a protester saying she was removed from the stadium “to go back to mommy.”

Mr Trump announced that he is to name General James Mattis as his defence secretary.

Gen Mattis is a veteran of the US regime-change invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

He retired as chief of the US Central Command in 2013 after serving more than four decades in the Marine Corps. At present there has been little opposition to his nomination for the job in the US.

Mr Trump also promised to strengthen the armed forces and increase police funding, as well as “construct a great wall at the border” with Mexico.

And he repeated pledges to destroy what is left of the US’s welfare system by scrapping the Obamacare health insurance reforms.

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