“Every Republican holding or seeking office in this country should be asked if they agree with Donald Trump about these statements”, Clinton said in a news conference the morning after both candidates appeared at a national security forum.
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He also suggested that the allegation was politically motivated. “Having been through a few of these election cycles, I think Hillary Clinton will probably win, but I think the odds of her winning are like 3-1, not 20-1”. “What we do know is that, when there are times to work together to defeat the biggest crisis of our lifetime right now, which is ISIS, we should be working with our adversaries”. “Because that would not be appropriate at all”.
Just days after President George W. Bush announced U.S. forces had begun invading Iraq, Trump said in an interview on Fox that the war “looks like a tremendous success from a military standpoint”. He said Putin “has done so in many ways, in a very ruthless manner”. In August, a Quinnipiac poll had the two presidential contenders separated by 10 percentage points, 52 percent to 42 percent.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a Russia-funded television network that “it’s probably unlikely” that Russian Federation is trying to influence the US election.
Yet the Republican nominee’s operation on Thursday indicated no discomfort with the mounting criticism, with Trump running mate Mike Pence echoing the distinction made between Putin and Obama. But as she left she turned around to answer a question about Trump’s appearance broadcast on the Russian network RT. “Her claim that no lives were lost in Libya was an insult to the memory of the four courageous Americans who died in Benghazi”. Asked by King if he agreed with Putin’s assessment, Trump declined to pass judgment. “You know, I wish the first time it was done correctly”.
Clinton’s ISIS claim wasn’t even her only charge that Trump played favorites with America’s rivals and enemies.
“I don’t have any opinion on it”.
Trump also had harsh words for the American press.
But in a twist at the very end of her answer, she then referred to a September 7 article in Time by Matt Olsen, a Democrat counterterrorism expert appointed by Obama, who posited that Trump is supported by ISIS.
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Lauer was criticized for pretty much everything he did, from his questions to his lack of follow-ups to not fact-checking either candidate.
