Clinton said she has said “many, many times” that she has “always thought this was going to be a close election”.
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Fielding questions from the audience, Clinton insisted that none of the emails she sent or received had a header that clearly marked “top secret”. 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 United States alliances.
Clinton acknowledged that using the personal server was “a mistake” and something she “should not have done”. She conceded that some of the messages included references to the covert drone program, but she said there was no discussion of “covert actions” in the messages.
Trump was asked at a presidential town hall how he would de-escalate tensions between the US and Russian Federation if he’s elected to the White House.
Trump said he was “totally against the war in Iraq” because he anxious it would destabilize the Middle East.
“I will ask Congress to fully offset the cost of increased military spending”. The signatories said Mr. Trump was the best-equipped person to do a “long overdue course-correction in our national security posture”.
Carvey, on NBC’s “Today” show, was impersonating Russian leader Vladimir Putin and commending Lauer for his work on the previous evening’s national security forum.
In this poll, Clinton runs only four points ahead of Republican Donald Trump among women (down from last week’s ten-point margin), while men are evenly divided.
According to Trump, military spending under President Barack Obama has fallen to the lowest levels since the end of World War II. In fact, he has also said it is none of our business. Asked to square his request for military options with that criticism, Trump said simply: “They’ll probably be different generals”. “I think that’s yet another very strong piece of evidence as to why he should never be anywhere near the White House”, Clinton said. “If I win, I don’t want to broadcast to the enemy exactly what my plan is”.
Democrat 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.
Trump raises money for both his individual campaign along with two joint committees that split the cash between his operation, the Republican National Committee and more than a dozen state parties. For her part Clinton pointed out Tuesday that the electorate knows that they can not count on Trump to protect the United States and its military forces, because they see him as a danger for the country.
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She added: “They view him as a danger and a risk”.
