“Certainly, in that system, he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader”, Trump said.
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“The man has very strong control over a country”.
She added that the “fact that we were able to reach an agreement on a nuclear program does not in any way excuse the behavior that Iran is still engaging in”, including their “very aggressive support of terrorism”. The forum could serve as a warm-up to their highly anticipated first presidential debate, scheduled for September 26 in NY.
Lauer asked whether Trump has lost faith in U.S. military commanders. Right now nobody’s doing anything.
“Unlike my opponent, my foreign policy will emphasize diplomacy, not destruction”, Trump said.
Trump also criticized his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her foreign policy record, portraying the former secretary of state as unsuited to lead the nation’s armed forces. But she defended her support for US military intervention to help oust a dictator in Libya, despite the chaotic aftermath. “I was totally against the war in Iraq”.
Clinton’s remarks followed a Wednesday night national security forum where the presidential candidates made back-to-back appearances.
The candidates also took questions from an audience of veterans and active-duty troops gathered on the decommissioned USS Intrepid, which is now a floating museum in NY.
Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, accused Hillary Clinton Wednesday of destabilizing the Middle East while secretary of state.
Trump faced questions about his fitness for office.
“I have a very substantial chance of winning, ” he said. “If I win, I don’t want to broadcast to the enemy what my plan is”.
The FBI has said she was “extremely careless” in handling sensitive information.
She said of classified material, “There is a header so there is no dispute at all so what is being communicated to or from someone is marked classified”.
Asked to square his request for military options with his harsh criticism of the current crop of generals, Trump said simply: “They’ll probably be different generals”.
Trump also reiterated his praise for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and argued that there was no evidence Russia had a hand in hacking the Democratic National Committee.
Clinton’s campaign had signalled that she would make herself more available to reporters as the November election approaches, and her decision to “gaggle” – as the onboard Q&As are known on the trail – allows her to quickly respond to Trump from 30,000 feet.
Democratic presidentaial nominee Clinton pledged that the United States was “not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again, and we are not putting ground troops into Syria”, while the Republican nominee disagreed, reported the Guardian.
“I have said that my voting to give President Bush that authority was, from my perspective, my mistake”, she said.
Republican Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to boost defence spending and deploy more active troops, fighter planes, navy ships and submarines as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he’s ready to lead the world’s most powerful military.
Trump has given mixed signals about whether he wants to increase military spending overall. Republicans and Democrats voted for the automatic, across-the board cuts that affected both military and domestic programs.
“Trump has offered empty promises and divisive rhetoric”, Mr. Kaine said. The adviser did not explain how, but suggested there would be no need for structural budget cuts to pay for the billions of additional military spending over 10 years.
The United States now spends more than $600 billion a year on the military, more than the next seven countries combined.
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His position on the sequester has been even more murky.
