Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former Central Intelligence Agency director, on Monday described party nominee Donald Trump as unqualified to lead the country and said he would be “the most reckless president in American history”.
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Merrill added: “After a morning on the teleprompter, the muzzle was bound to come off”.
A group of 50 former national security officials, all of whom have served Republican presidents from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush, have signed an open letter calling Donald Trump unqualified to be president and warning that, if elected, “he would be the most reckless President in American history”.
Trump said that under his tax plan, families would be able to deduct the amount they pay for child care from the income they report on their taxes. Despite the fact that this is higher than the 25-percent top rate Trump had initially proposed, it is still a decrease from the current top rate of 39.6 percent and would me more money in the hands of the consumer. “But the unpleasant reality that I have had to accept is that there will be no “new” Donald Trump, just the same candidate who will slash and burn and trample anything and anyone he perceives as being in his way or an easy scapegoat.” said Collins in the letter.
As he pivots away from recent controversy about his campaign, Trump portrayed Clinton as the “nominee from yesterday”.
“Americanism, not globalism, will be our new credo”, he said in his address at the Detroit Economic Club. Many were alarmed at how many world leaders said they were concerned that Trump’s “recklessness” would invite America’s enemies to be even more reckless.
A billionaire business mogul, Trump often points to the number of jobs he has created over the years.
The new poll found that Clinton now leads Trump 42 percent to 34 percent in 10 major swing states.
“We don’t trust you with our nuclear codes AND we don’t trust you with our economy”, she tweeted in response to his Monday speech.
She joins Sen. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican senator in a tough re-election race, in not voting for Trump.
Trump pitched a tax plan that mirrored traditional Republican thinking that lowering taxes and slashing regulation generates economic growth and jobs.
Some analysts have noted that Trump’s proposal to end the special tax treatment of carried interest-the portion of investment gains paid to fund managers-might mean lower taxes for members of partnerships, which is how many private-equity funds are organized.
“She also knocked Trump’s recently announced economic team, saying “.@realDonaldTrump’s econ plan was written by rich corporate insider advisors to make the economy even greater for rich corporate insiders”. To cheers in the room, Clinton said “we’re going to turn that upside down – we’re going to make the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes for a change!”
After Trump said August 2 he would double Clinton’s infrastructure spending plan in a major government expansion, aides said he will speak later this summer about his plan for the nation’s roadways.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a rally at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Fla., Monday, Aug. 8, 2016.
Robert Zoellick, former deputy secretary of state and World Bank president, is among the big-name signatories.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, an entrepreneur turned politician, praised Clinton’s plan, however. However, Trump’s plan nearly certainly goes too far and will lead to high interest rates and/or serious problems with inflation.
“It was a good, big-boy-pants speech”, said Dave Carney, a Republican consultant from New Hampshire.
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On Monday night, seemingly out of the blue, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta released a statement saying that Clinton “looks forward to participating in all three presidential debates” that are scheduled in September and October.
