Earlier Mr Trump hit out at a group of Republican former national security officials who are openly opposing him, saying they are the reason the world is “a mess”.
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The letter goes on to assail Trump for what they say is his uncertain temperament, his lack of knowledge of us laws and the Constitution and his complimentary attitude towards the country’s adversaries.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman said Monday he is not concerned about the possibility of Donald Trump having access to the nation’s nuclear codes but said he wishes Trump would focus more on the issues and less on things like his feud with the parents of a fallen soldier.
The Clinton campaign fired back at GOP attacks on Monday, releasing a statement even before Trump’s tweet accusing the GOP presidential nominee of using “increasingly desperate rhetoric to attack Hillary Clinton and make absurd accusations because they have no ideas for the American people”.
The statement goes on to say that “Donald Trump has shown a profound ignorance of science and of the public health issues embodied in our environmental laws”. “But a number said in recent interviews that they changed their minds once they heard Mr Trump invite Russia to hack into Mrs Clinton’s email server – a sarcastic remark, he said later – and say that he would check to see how much North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members contributed to the alliance before sending forces to help stave off a Russian attack”, the New York Times reported.
“I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president”.
The most recent defections involved a group of 50 former security and foreign policy officials from GOP administrations dating back to Richard Nixon.
Trump has garnered disdain from a huge swath of America’s political, defense and security establishment for his unorthodox – some say downright risky – views, such as his professed admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggestions he might be willing to accept Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
“There is no other Donald Trump”. “He weakens US moral authority as the leader of the free world”. The Republican presidential nominee offered no proof for the assertion except his oft-repeated phrase, “Many people are saying”.
“In addition, Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that he has little understanding of America’s vital national interests, its complex diplomatic challenges, its indispensable alliances, and the democratic values on which U.S. foreign policy must be based”. “At the same time, he persistently compliments our adversaries and threatens our allies and friends”.
Mr Trump, though, has plunged himself into controversy by questioning the need for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, expressing admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and calling for a temporary ban on immigration by Muslims. Another allegation leveled against the billionaire is his ignorance of basic facts of worldwide politics.
The statement said many Americans are frustrated with the federal government’s failure to solve domestic and global problems.
The statement was organized by Philip Zelikow, who served as a top adviser to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Mr Trump said their signatures made clear they were to blame for making the world so unsafe, calling them “failed Washington elite” who must be held accountable.
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Mr Trump also faced the Republican vote being further split by a former Central Intelligence Agency spy, Evan McMullin, entering the race as a conservative rival.
