Trump on Wednesday pointed to Putin’s 82 percent approval rating, calling him more of a leader than President Barack Obama.
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US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed to vastly expand the American military and defeat the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group if elected president.
Other ideas including asking Congress to eliminate the defense sequester and submitting a federal budget with money to rebuild the USA military, developing a state-of-the art missile defense system, modernizing naval cruisers and conducting a thorough review of US cyber defenses to identify vulnerabilities.
Clinton got better grades for her expected ability to handle most issues, said the poll.
Trump and Clinton appeared separately at the forum, which was organized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and broadcast on NBC and MSNBC.
“Every Republican holding or seeking office in this country should be asked if they agree with Donald Trump about these statements”, Clinton said in a morning news conference.
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 took the stage first, and, as Trump noted, called him out on his support of the Iraq invasion, which she also supported.
Clinton began August with $58 million, compared to Trump who started the month with $38 million.
He said that, if he wins the presidency, he will ask Congress to “completely” eliminate the automatic defence spending cuts that entered into force in 2013 to reduce the deficit and he will present a new budget to “rebuild” the country’s Armed Forces.
The latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll was conducted online from August 29 through September 4 among 32,226 registered voters, including 3,358 who have previously served or are now serving in the USA military.
Clinton in the past had said that she deleted some 30,000 emails which were personal related to things like yoga and marriage planning. He said he would make the government “leaner”, in part by using attrition to shrink the workforce, and said he’d bring in new money by asking countries like Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia to pay more for the security the US provides them.
Investments in cybersecurity and in the military will create new jobs and the “technologies of tomorrow”, Trump said. He said then that he supported the invasion, saying: “Yeah, I guess so”.
But questions remain, even in his party.
Trump, in a comment on his Twitter account, bragged about his performance at the forum, saying, “The reviews and polls from nearly everyone of my commander-in-chief presentation were great”.
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However, Trump’s advantage among military voters is nothing new, local analysts say, noting the military’s political leanings have swayed to the right in recent decades.
