In his address, Trump laid out his foreign policy vision for America.
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In a speech in the swing state of Ohio, Trump also said that in implementing his call for a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the country, he would institute “extreme vetting” and develop a new screening test to try to catch people who intend to do harm to the United States. “We have created the vacuums that allow terrorism to grow and thrive”.
Trump’s speech was aimed at resetting his struggling campaign against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
“The fact of the matter is we have very sophisticated vetting programs in place”, she said, noting that the country has invested billions in improving systems and information sharing since the 9/11 attacks.
Proposes to prepare list of regions for stricter screening, establish a Commission on Radical Islam.
Adding to Trump’s woes this week was the news, first reported by The New York Times, that the name of his campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was on secret ledgers showing cash payments designated to him of more than $12 million from a Ukrainian political party with close ties to Russian Federation.
“I have previously said North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism”.
“If they can’t get Mr. Trump to change his act by Labor Day, the GOP will have no choice but to write off the nominee as hopeless and focus on salvaging the Senate and House and other down-ballot races”, the newspaper said.
“Anyone who can not condemn the hatred, oppression and violence of radical Islam lacks the moral clarity to serve as our president”, Trump said, adding that Clinton lacks “the judgment, the temperament and the moral character to lead [the] nation”.
Donald Trump is pushing for tougher vetting policies when it comes to immigration from the Middle East.
At home he demanded new immigration screening, saying that the perpetrators of a series of attacks in the United States – including the September 11, 2001, hijackings, the 2013 Boston bombings and the recent mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub – involved “immigrants or the children of immigrants”.
He did say that implementing the policy overhaul would require a temporary halt in immigration from “the most risky and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism”. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today.
Trump also said that he would establish a commission on radical Islam which will include reformist voices in the Muslim community who will hopefully work with us.
“This so-called “policy” can not be taken seriously”.
Her spokesperson said of Trump’s speech: “This so-called “policy” can not be taken seriously”.
“How can Trump put this forward with a straight face when he opposes marriage equality and selected as his running mate the man [Mike Pence] who signed an anti-LGBT law in IN?” “It’s a cynical ploy to escape scrutiny of his outrageous proposal to ban an entire religion from our country and no one should fall for it”, he said.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, laughs with the crowd as Vice President Joe Biden, foreground, delivers remarks during a campaign event at a campaign event in Scranton, Pa., Monday.
Biden’s folksy demeanor and ability to connect with working-class voters is considered an asset for Clinton particularly among blue-collar white male voters who lean toward her Republican rival.
Trump called the Obama-Clinton doctrine a complete failure and put forward his own to defeat radical Islamic terrorism.
“The threat to their life has gone up a couple clicks”, Biden said.
Trump has since said he was being sarcastic in accusing Obama of founding IS.
But Sytnik said the presence of Manafort’s name “does not mean that he definitely received this money”.
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