Supporters of Republican Donald Trump urged him to get back on message on Thursday after a week of dropping opinion poll numbers and a war of words with ranking Republicans over his US presidential campaign. The real estate mogul has also been criticized this past week for attacking a Gold Star family, accepting a replica Purple Heart, comparing his business “sacrifices” to US soldiers killed in action, falsely claiming he saw video of the plane that sent $400 million to Iran and repeating primary campaign controversies, including bashing Syracuse native and SU alumna Megyn Kelly.
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Hillary Clinton also had to deal with protesters on Thursday. “Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart”, said Clinton, a former secretary of state.
Trump’s latest comments come on the heels of his criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004.
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said he still backed Trump, but urged him to stop engaging in exchanges that benefit the Democrats and make the real estate mogul’s behavior the issue in the campaign.
He also inflamed some Republicans by refusing to endorse U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan in his re-election bid. “You would think that you’d want to be focusing on Hillary Clinton and all of her deficiencies”, said Ryan.
“It’s so sad, so disgusting”, Trump said of the payment as he campaigned Thursday in Maine.
“Staying on message is absolutely key”, Caputo told Reuters.
Mr Trump’s spokeswoman Hope Hicks declined to comment.
A former reality TV star who has never held public office, Trump swept aside 16 rivals to win the party primary contests, winning support particularly from white blue-collar workers who feel neglected by the political establishment.
Defeating ISIS, Tarar said, is a key goal for Muslim Americans, and Trump, he added, is the candidate to accomplish it. “That’s the kiss-ass generation we’re in right now”. The parents had spoken out against Trump at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
In the – again, unlikely – event that Trump is not the nominee on November 8, Electoral College rules will take precedence.
If those efforts are successful, that could mean a blowout victory for Clinton, giving her a clear mandate for her administration and undercutting challenges from Trump, who’s already proclaimed the election to be “rigged”.
Trump’s rough patch has contributed to a dip in support in some battleground states. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found him trailing Clinton 38 percent to 47 percent, a 9-point gap.
The New Hampshire poll, released by WBUR, showed Clinton leading Trump by 15 percentage points and showed Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan with a 10-point lead over Ayotte. But those aren’t the first allegations that Trump’s camp is in trouble, and so far he has weathered many gaffes and controversies.
The Republican challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week that the United States should debate deporting all Muslims from the country.
Trump stopped and watched every time he was interrupted.
A small team is working on Republican outreach at Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, largely focused on fielding calls from Republicans interested in giving money and helping with fundraising.
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Campaign chairman Paul Manafort insisted Mr. Trump would work with Mr. Ryan if elected, but he conceded the endorsement question had sparked tension inside Mr. Trump’s NY campaign headquarters. The letter’s authors said many of Trump’s statements were in direct conflict with the values of their school. And Donald Trump and I are absolutely determined to work together. Some have even speculated that Trump may drop out of the race.
