Overall, 47 percent of voters who are now serving or have previously served in the US military said they would not be confident in Trump’s ability to serve as an effective commander-in-chief of the USA military.
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Asked whether plans to join the armed forces might provide a path to legal residence, the Republican presidential nominee said it was likely.
Among his proposals are ending certain government payments and using attrition to shrink the workforce. “It just gets in our way”. And he expects to raise additional revenue by increasing domestic energy production.
In the Sunshine State, a battleground Trump must carry to win the general election, the spray-tanned nominee’s numbers are just as awful, according to the survey.
Trump is eager to establish credentials as a leader who can steer foreign policy in a reasonable way.
Clinton insisted she had sent no classified documents through her private server, which was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has been the subject of congressional inquiries. Trump initially supported invading Iraq and deposing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
“Hillary Clinton’s legacy in Iraq, Libya, Syria has produced only turmoil and suffering and death”, he told the audience.
“Unlike my opponent, my foreign policy will emphasize diplomacy, not destruction”, Trump said.
The relationship between the media and the presidential nominees is vital.
Ahead of the forum, Mr Trump rolled out a new plan to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars, including major increases in the number of active troops, fighter planes, navy ships and submarines.
The deal would have also helped to ensure Trump’s access to new and potentially lucrative markets in the Middle East.
“Well, it is a correct tweet”, Trump responded.
The Republican presidential nominee will lay out his plans in a speech in Philadelphia.
His address earlier in the day 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.
Trump also announced that he will seek to develop a state-of-the-art-missile defence system; will modernise naval cruisers to provide Ballistic Missile Defence capabilities and will enforce all classification rules. And he would ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff to conduct a review of the nation’s cyber defenses to determine all vulnerabilities.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump participated in the town hall-style event, held aboard an aircraft carrier that is now the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.
The candidates spoke back-to-back at the forum Wednesday night, each fielding 30 minutes of questions. “For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next commander in chief”.
Trump suggestion that women’s very presence in the military is the cause of sexual assault would probably come as a shock to many in the military. Clinton, he said, “has a happy trigger”.
“If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him,”Trump said of Putin at NBC’s Commander-in-Chief forum attended by military veterans”.
“You look at Donald Trump and he gave no answers”.
Trump had barred reporters from The Washington Post, Politico, Buzzfeed, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, Univision and others from covering his rallies or press conferences.
Trump running mate Mike Pence said last month he would advocate reconsidering the ban.
The Pentagon fought a political battle with critics in Congress, led by New York Sen.
The New York businessman, who has struggled at times to demonstrate a command of foreign policy, also seemed to acknowledge he does not now have a plan to address cyber security or Islamic State.
– She promised never again to send ground troops into Iraq.
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Another telling indicator: only 46 percent of Americans say they’re very enthusiastic about the presidential campaign, compared to 57 percent in 2012 and 60 percent in 2008.
