President Barack Obama seemed incredulous Thursday at the idea of a “rigged” general election, which was suggested by Donald Trump.
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After fielding several questions about a possible Donald Trump presidency during an afternoon news conference at the Pentagon, President Barack Obama asked the media to look to previous statements to asses his stance on the matter in the future.
“I’m afraid the election’s gonna be rigged, I have to be honest”, he told a crowd in Columbus, Ohio. And had they won, I would have been disappointed, but I would have said to all Americans, they are – this is our president and I know they are going to abide by certain norms and rules and common sense, will observe basic decency.
“My suggestion would be: Go out there and try to win the election”, Obama said.
Sally Bradshaw, a north Florida resident and one of Bush’s top political advisers, recently changed parties and said this week that she may vote for Hillary Clinton if the election is close.
“He’s been weak, he’s been ineffective”, Republican candidate Trump said of Obama in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. “But I’ve never heard someone complain” before the game is over.
Three polls taken since the end of the Democratic and Republican conventions show Clinton opening up a lead over Trump nationwide.
Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should apologize for disparaging the bereaved parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim who was awarded a Bronze Star after he was killed in 2004 in Iraq. The New York Times reported that a memo circulated among campaign surrogates advised them to praise the Khan family’s sacrifice, but that Trump “had a right to defend himself” in the dust-up.
Trump has placed blame on Clinton and Obama for the rise of Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
Nathman, who retired in 2007, called the Republican businessman “unstable” and said his war of words with Khizr and Ghazala Khan should disqualify him from becoming president.
After becoming their parties’ nominees last month, Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton are both entitled to security briefings, which are meant to prepare them for office.
“That means being able to receive these briefings and not spread them around”, he said.
Sharia law includes a “tremendous discrimination of genders”, he told CNN, “which disqualifies them under the Constitution of the United States”.
Years before anyone thought #Donald Trump would ever become the Republican nominee for president, the billionaire real estate mogul was one of the leading voices in the “birther” movement.
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“I believe that he’s on the other side – the Middle East. He’s with the bad guys”, Sabàto said.
