Clinton also started 2016 with far more money in the bank than her Republican rival.
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Hillary Clinton’s aides are denying reports that the Democratic presidential nominee was wearing an earpiece during the NBC presidential forum on Wednesday with Matt Lauer.
Trump did not directly respond to Clinton’s critique Thursday.
“I was against the war in Iraq, I said it’s going to totally destabilize the Middle East, which it has”.
House Speaker Paul Ryan accused Clinton of “fear mongering”.
While Trump supporters claimed that Lauer disrespected their candidate, other viewers said the host repeatedly interrupted Clinton and never once interrupted Trump.
She said that Trump favoured a nuclear strike on the Islamic State group, which is fighting in the devastating conflict in Syria, right next door to the Jewish state.
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. Clinton also defended President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran as one that is good for the Jewish state. “No Lauer follow-up?” Yahoo News’ Olivier Knox tweeted.
Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he has “failed” at proving he can be commander in chief.
“Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill says Hillary Clinton was not wearing an earpiece last night”, ABC reporter Liz Kreutz informed her followers on Twitter after Clinton held a press conference on the airport tarmac in NY.
“I find it frustrating”, she said. “I find it frustrating, but it’s part of the landscape we live in”.
Clinton’s campaign disputes the suggestion she had been dodging the media, arguing the former secretary of state has conducted more than 300 interviews this year. It also follows a more disciplined stretch from Trump, who has commanded extensive cable TV coverage of his campaign.
Some of those Republicans will join Clinton Friday for what she dubbed a “working session” on the threat of terrorism.
The national security debate came as Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew attention for a foreign policy flub.
Clinton reiterated that she had made mistakes in relying on a personal email account and private server as secretary of state and in voting for the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a senator. While she may be referring to the 2011 military intervention specifically, the claim more broadly is not true.
Trump stood by a previous comment that appeared to blame military sexual assaults on men and women serving together, but added he would not seek to remove women from the military. “I wish you know, the first time it was done correctly”.
But Trump told Howard Stern the opposite during a 2002 interview. He replied, “Yeah, I guess so”.
Trump has said that he was against invading Iraq from the beginning, citing an Esquire article that was published the year after the war began.
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However, we can’t take anything as an indication of where the election is headed.
