Hillary Clinton says every Republican holding or seeking office should be asked if they agree with Donald Trump’s comments about trusting and firing some USA generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Speaking at a news conference in Laos on Thursday, Obama says he continues to believe Trump isn’t qualified to be president and that “every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed”.
Following Trump’s and Clinton’s appearances at the NBC forum, where they answered questions for a half hour each, Graham said both candidates’ statements “disturb (him) greatly”.
Early on, while describing attributes the leader of the United States should have, Clinton stressed: “What you want in a president, a commander in chief, is someone who listens, who evaluates what is being told to him or her, who is able to sort out the very hard options being presented”.
“I’ve made my share of mistakes”. He echoed the same sentiment at the Commander-in-Chief Forum, saying “I think when he [Putin] calls me brilliant I’ll take the compliment, okay?” Join us in a conversation about world events, the newsgathering process or whatever aspect of the news universe you find interesting or important.
In laying out her plan to defeat the Islamic State, or ISIS, Clinton admitted that securing the American homeland would be a “huge challenge” for the next president.
But when CNN pressed the speaker if he had concerns about Trump’s high regard for Putin, Ryan dodged.
Graham said that while he agreed that Obama had failed to stand up to Putin, Trump’s comment crossed the line and “unnerves me to my core”.
When Lauer continued to press Trump on his support for Putin, the NY business magnate compared the Russian leader to Obama, saying, he has been a leader far more than Obama has been. “These were not two people that were getting along”, he said.
As Clinton was taking questions a ‘quiet buzz started circulating in NY law enforcement circles about Hillary’s left ear’.
But the forum wasn’t all doom and gloom, as Trump devoted a couple of minutes to beaming sunshine on Putin, noting his “82 percent approval rating” within the authoritarian Russian state.
On Wednesday night, voters got a pre-debate look at the dueling foreign policy and national security visions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Facing repeated questions about her email scandal from both host Matt Lauer and members of the audience, Clinton was visibly irritated.
Trump insisted that he would have voted against the war if he had not been a private citizen and blamed Clinton’s policies for unleashing Islamic State. Neither did Lauer castigate Trump after he attacked Clinton several times.
Not only did he say it’s absurd to call Putin a better leader than Obama, but he likened that sentiment to someone who isn’t happy with their current police chief and wanting them to be strong like Al Capone. Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton and has said he plans to campaign full-force for the Democrat before the November 8 election.
Meanwhile Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Trump’s “controversial” remarks about Putin and said Trump showed no signs of disassociating himself from the Russian leader, an observation also made in the French press.
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Two months before Election Day, Trump’s policies remain largely unformed.
