“He knows the bare minimum, and some of that bare minimum may not be factual”, Kavanaugh said Wednesday night from her hotel room after watching NBC’s “Commander in Chief Forum” aired from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan (and tweeting her reactions).
Advertisement
Arguing that in a Trump Administration, US actions in the Middle East will be tempered by realism, he said the current strategy of toppling regimes, with no plan for what to do the day after, only produces power vacuums that are filled by terrorists. He appeared Monday at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown, an area where he drew more votes than Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) during the swing state’s Republican presidential primary.
A Trump campaign official said Wednesday the campaign had collected the $90 million despite its paltry fundraising operation.
But at least she didn’t spend three minutes of her time sucking up to Vladimir Putin, the way Donald Trump did.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, Thursday called Republican nominee Donald Trump’s hinting at classified intelligence briefing information “concerning”.
The latest poll, conducted by CNN/ORC, shows a dramatic tightening in the race with 45 percent of likely voters favoring Trump, compared to 43 percent for Clinton.
Even with the race tightening to a virtual tie, Clinton is running out the clock, betting the eight weeks left in the campaign is not enough time for Trump to overcome a formidable electoral college disadvantage, and that he will continue to derail each improvement in the polls with another self-inflicted wound.
Clinton tells Channel 2 TV that the Republican presidential candidate’s critical comments about Muslims have played into the hands of the extremist group.
Trump did little to counter the criticism that he lacks detailed policy proposals, particularly regarding the Islamic State. “But I agree with him in terms of lifting the sequester on defense, he’s absolutely correct about that”, said GOP. A Mason-Dixon poll taken a week after that put her up by two, and now PPP sees Trump nudging ahead.
“Those numbers do surprise me”, said retired Army Maj. It was aimed at rebutting Clinton’s arguments that she would be best positioned to lead the military and reassuring Republicans who have openly anxious that his provocative statements might undermine US alliances.
Clinton said she has said “many, many times” that she has “always thought this was going to be a close election”.
The appearances mark an intense, two-day focus on national security by Trump, who has offered tough rhetoric on America’s challenges overseas but few details.
“This will require military warfare, but also cyberwarfare, financial warfare and ideological warfare”, he said during an address in Philadelphia. “People know both of these candidates really well, and have sort of set opinions on them that don’t really fluctuate with any particular policy or ideology”.
He also said that, if elected, he would give the Pentagon 30 days to present a plan for destroying Islamic State.
Replied questioner Mike Barnicle, “You’re kidding me”.
The former governor of New Mexico added that Syria is “a mess” and “the only way we deal with Syria is to join hands with Russian Federation to diplomatically bring that (to) an end”.
And he criticized our military leaders.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager says Donald Trump didn’t come prepared to answer questions about his foreign policy plans.
Chris Harmer, a retired commander in the U.S. Navy and a defense-policy expert, said the broader point that the military was overtaxed and underfunded in its current missions overseas has merit.
“When she lays out a thoughtful speech outlining why he is unfit to be commander in chief, he calls her unhinged”.
The pair spoke back-to-back but not face-to-face at the forum, hosted by NBC.
The candidates won’t be on stage together – that won’t happen until the first presidential debate on September 26.
The issue has raised questions about whether she can be trusted to serve as president.
Advertisement
A survey of 50 states (and more than 74,000 registered voters) released this week by the Washington Post also laid out the challenge facing the 70-year-old Trump.
