Trump calls for the end of the Clinton Foundation

Donald Trump is calling for the Clinton Foundation to be “shut down immediately.”

The Republican nominee issued a statement Monday morning saying the foundation is “the most corrupt enterprise in political history.”

“Hillary Clinton is the defender of the corrupt and rigged status quo. The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people. It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history. What they were doing during Crooked Hillary’s time as Secretary of State was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It must be shut down immediately.”

The call comes following Republican accusations that Clinton gave foundation donors special treatment and access while she was secretary of State.

Shortly after sending out the statement Trump called into Fox & Friends where he elaborated on what he thought should happen to the charity.

"Well, number one, they should shut it down, and number two, they should give the money back to a lot of countries we shouldn’t be taking — and they shouldn’t be taking money from," Trump said. "Countries that influenced her totally and also countries that discriminated against women and gays and everybody else. I mean, that money should be given back. They should not take that money.”

“Look, these are very greedy people. These are people that have skirted the law for a long time. Hard to believe that, you know, somebody like this has a good chance, you know — a fairly good chance of being president," he added.

On Thursday, the Clinton Foundation announced that if Clinton is elected president, the charity will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations.

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon pushed back on Twitter.

And later, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta issued a statement that challenged Trump right back.

"The Foundation has already laid out the unprecedented steps the charity will take if Hillary Clinton becomes president," Podesta said in the statement. "Donald Trump should stop hiding behind fake excuses and release his tax returns  and immediately disclose the full extent of his business interests. He must commit to fully divesting himself from all of his business conflicts to ensure that he is not letting his own financial interests affect decisions made by his potential administration."