The New York billionaire attacked Clinton’s record as the nation’s chief diplomat, yet he faced criticism from within his own party for refusing to outline his plans for combating foreign policy challenges, including threats posed by the Islamic State group.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday praised Matt Lauer’s interviewing skills during an appearance before the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.
Democrat Hillary Clinton said North Korea’s determination to develop a “deliverable nuclear weapon” represents “a direct threat to the United States”. Her tenure has brought us only war, destruction and death. “She’s just too quick to intervene, invade, or to push for regime change”.
Meanwhile in New York, Clinton met national security and foreign policy experts supporting her campaign to discuss terrorism.
Clinton was scheduled on Friday to meet with former senior national security officials in NY.
Clinton was walking away from the lectern after a press conference when a reporter yelled a question about her GOP opponent granting an interview to a Russian-funded news network.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized US policy in Iraq again, but this time he aired his grievances on an unusual platform: a Russian government-funded television network. He said he disagreed with the USA decision to invade Iraq in 2003 and Obama had botched the withdrawal.
Critics of the network, which mostly targets audiences outside of Russian Federation and also includes programming in Spanish, Hindi and Arabic, have described it as a propaganda arm of Putin’s government.
“It’s just, I don’t know, I don’t see why she thinks this is good for her, but I think it just shows, you know, you can just sort of see a person at the end of the day, what they’re like”.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, pressed repeatedly on Trump’s plan, said only, “He wouldn’t do what’s being done now”.
Lauer allowed Trump’s false claim that he opposed the USA invasion of Iraq to go unchallenged, while lingering on the issue of Clinton’s handling of email during the Democratic nominee’s tenure as secretary of State.
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Clinton called the North Korea test ‘outrageous and unacceptable, ‘ saying she supported imposing additional U.S. and United Nations sanctions.
