Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of insulting America’s veterans and pressing risky military plans around the globe on Tuesday, seeking to undercut his appeal to service families in Southern voting battlegrounds.
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She ticked off a list of what she characterized as questionable aspects about Trump’s finances, including the multiple times his companies have declared bankruptcy, repeated accusations of “fraudulent behavior, ” hundreds of millions of dollars in business debt and continuing controversy over Trump University. Mrs Clinton is promoting a pathway to citizenship for numerous 11 million people living in the shadows, while Mr Trump wants to curtail immigration and require that those who wish to gain legalised status must leave the country first. And to military vets and their families, she pointed anew to his summertime dust-up with the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton criticized Republican rival Donald Trump on Tuesday for making comments about Federal Reserve policies, which she said should be off-limits for U.S. presidents and presidential candidates.
Trump’s campaign also on Tuesday released a letter signed by 88 former US military leaders who are supporting the NY businessman’s unorthodox candidacy. Under his leadership, we would be unrecognizable to the rest of the world.
While Trump has galvanized white, blue-collar men like perhaps no other Republican candidate in recent memory, the brash billionaire has turned off single women, independent voters and Hispanics – three crucial voting blocs.
The Clinton campaign fired back, tying Trump’s comments to previous controversial remarks about women and minorities. She pointed to her endorsements from retired Marine Gen. John Allen, who blasted Trump at the Democratic National Committee, and former Central Intelligence Agency deputy director Mike Morell.
“So much of this we can take care of”, Trump told them.
The conflicting messages came as the candidates prepared to appear at an MSNBC forum Wednesday night on national security.
Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen.
Neither New Yorker vying for the presidency is expected to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks with a visit to the site where two hijacked airliners took down the World Trade Center towers and killed thousands of people.
“We are going to have real plans, not claims and secret plans”, said the former secretary of state. He was questioned by retired Gen. Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defence Intelligence Agency who is a strong supporter. Those surveyed said they trust Trump more on terrorism (51% to Clinton’s 45%), underscoring his ability to connect with the fears of Americans in an age of ISIS-inspired domestic attacks. “You have to get the job done”. This cycle, voters know all too well what’s not presidential: “Donald Trump and his narrow views and divisive rhetoric”.
“Your government is going to pay your bill”, he pledged. (Kaine’s son is a marine who deployed to Europe shortly after Kaine became Clinton’s running mate.) Kaine ticked off a litany of foreign policy points on which he sees Trump as less than fit: Trump’s shifting positions on the Iraq War and penchant for inaccurately describing his past stances; his apparent eagerness to utilize nuclear weapons and seeming ignorance of how the nuclear triad works; and his confusion on the difference between the Quds Force and the Kurds. He represents Virginia in the Senate and serves on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees. “Turns out, Donald isn’t such a great negotiator after all”.
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Specifically, the ad shows military veterans watching some of the NY billionaire’s more provocative statements, including his claim to know more about the Islamic State group than military generals, his criticism of Arizona Sen.
