During the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Trump asserted he was “always against the war in Iraq” and cited comments he made in an Esquire magazine interview to bolster his discredited claim.
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“I don’t understand the reasons for it”, she said.
A Suffolk University poll of likely voters released Thursday has Trump at 44 percent, Clinton at 41 percent and Libertarian Gary Johnson at 4 percent. Only 33% said Trump will win.
“As to President Obama’s policies regarding Putin I think he’s been weak, I think he’s been indecisive, I think Putin’s walked all over him but no, I’m not gonna say that Putin’s a better leader than the Democratic elected president of the United States, even though I have differences with him”, he said on Thursday.
The former secretary of state had led Trump in Pennsylvania by as many as 11 points following the July political conventions, but that advantage has narrowed in recent weeks in several polls.
The event offered a prelude to how Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump will deal with questions on national security issues in their three upcoming presidential debates later this month and in October.
Some of those Republicans will join Clinton Friday for what she dubbed a “working session” on the threat of terrorism.
Both candidates have been seeking endorsements of military leaders and when asked how he would go about seeking guidance from them to defeat the Islamic State, Trump said “they’d probably be different generals, to be honest with you”. But she defended her support for US military intervention to help oust a dictator in Libya, despite the chaotic aftermath.
On Thursday, Trump said he would have voted against the war if he had been serving in Congress at the time.
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He called his opponent “trigger-happy Hillary” on Thursday and repeated his defense that he always opposed the war. “Hillary Clinton spent August attending 70 fundraisers; Donald Trump spent August at 34 rallies and speeches”.
