In contrast to Trump, who plans to campaign in Clive on Tuesday, he said, Clinton “is more prepared to be president than anyone in modern history”.
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“If he wasn’t good with Hillary Clinton, he was bad when handling Donald Trump”, the host said.
Trump also said Wednesday night he thinks that under the “leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble” and, in the past, he has claimed to “know more about ISIS than the generals”.
“It suggests he will let Putin do whatever Putin wants to do and then make excuses for him”, Clinton said.
Despite a barrage of criticism from prominent Democrats and Republicans, Trump’s campaign later reaffirmed his admiration for Putin, an authoritarian leader who has been antagonistic to the United States.
Clinton is leading Trump by about 3 percentage points in national polls, less than half her advantage a month ago.
During his monologue, Colbert called out the same things analysts and Noah did: Lauer’s overemphasis on Clinton’s emails and lack of follow-up on Trump’s responses.
“Now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country, as well as to our commander in chief”. The reception illustrated the pressure that will be on moderators for the three face-to-face debates between Clinton and Trump later this fall.
Trump used the start of a speech about education at a charter school in Cleveland to push back at Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s statement that his position on Iraq is pretty much like her own: She voted for the 2003 war as a US senator from NY but has since disavowed the vote.
Trump’s foreign policy positions have already driven more than 50 Republican national security experts to refuse to back him.
Clinton, who has accused Donald Trump of being “undisciplined” for criticizing her for mishandling classified documents on her private email server, twice talked about a secret briefing she received from the George W. Bush administration.
And while that’s good news for her Republican opponent, it might not be good enough. “What was clear last night, there’s really no plan at all”. “That’s not only unsafe, it should be disqualifying”.
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Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway met with Trump supporters in Congress on Thursday morning, and Trump spoke with the group by phone to thank them for their support.
