“For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next commander in chief”.
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But moderator Matt Lauer doggedly pressed her about her handling of emails from a private server as President Barack Obama’s first-term secretary of state.
Sorry, according to a search of transcripts for “Trump” and “blacklist” dating back to March, that was all of the coverage on the three cable news networks. He added that, “we’ll all make our assessments”, in the candidates’ foreign affairs abilities by early November.
By virtue of a coin flip, Clinton took the stage first.
Though Trump comfortably earns the support of military-affiliated voters overall, Clinton is perceived more favorably on the use of nuclear weapons (44 percent) while a quarter of them said they would not trust either her or Trump to handle these issues.
Clinton rallied supporters at a voter registration event in swing state Florida, while Trump held a town hall meeting with military veterans before heading to North Carolina for an evening campaign rally.
“She never backs down, she never gives up, and she’s a fighter who knows how to win the tough fights”, Boswell said. Her case has been bolstered by numerous Republican national security experts who have spoken out against their party’s nominee, including former Defense Secretary William Cohen who announced his support for Clinton on Wednesday.
Clinton has spent much of the summer trying to paint Trump as ill-prepared to be commander in chief and too unpredictable to make decisions that put American service members in harm’s way. The issue has raised questions about whether she can be trusted to serve as president.
Trump said his administration would “make it a priority to develop defensive and offensive cyber capabilities at our US cyber command and recruit the best and brightest Americans”.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has actually had such a blacklist in effect for the better part of the past year, and as you would expect, it has received attention from the press.
A senior aide said he would outline a plan for new ships, planes, submarines, combat troops and missile defense systems.
The United States now spends more than $600 billion a year on the military, more than the next seven countries combined.
Trump’s address in Philadelphia also included plans to eliminate deep spending cuts known as the “sequester” that were enacted when Congress failed to reach a budget compromise in 2011. Republicans and Democrats voted for the automatic, across-the board cuts that affected both military and domestic programs.
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A Trump adviser, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share details ahead of the speech, said Trump would ensure the additional spending is fully paid for.
