Trump, who has drawn criticism for his frequent praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, also mentioned a recent incident in which a Russian fighter jet came within 10 feet (3 metres) of a US Navy surveillance plane over the Black Sea.
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“The problem is: Hillary Clinton is trigger-happy”. But she defended her support for US military intervention to help oust a dictator in Libya, despite the chaotic aftermath.
Clinton does not speak frequently about her faith, although she discussed its importance to her in a televised town hall event in February during her battle with US Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. Polls tend to narrow as Election Day nears, and the Clinton campaign has struggled to overcome controversy about how she handled classified information while serving as secretary of state.
Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump on Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying her Republican opponent had “failed” at proving he can be commander in chief. He said he disagreed with the USA decision to invade Iraq in 2003 and that Obama botched the withdrawal. “What Larry King does with the interview content is up to him, we have nothing to do with it”.
Trump has based his foreign policy beliefs on keeping the USA out of what he called “endless wars” in the Middle East.
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.
American presidential candidates are not prone to condemn their country before a foreign audience, even if they are fierce critics of the current administration while campaigning in the United States. “Now, it’s a very different system, and I don’t happen to like the system, but certainly in that system he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader”.
In the national security forum on Wednesday night, Clinton and Trump sought to portray themselves as most fit to be commander in chief, with Trump arguing that Putin is a better leader than Obama.
“Every day that goes by it just becomes more and more of a reality TV show”, said Clinton.
Trump’s interview surfaced as he and Clinton continue to clash over foreign policy in the run-up to the November 8 presidential election.
The Trump campaign responded by laying the blame for national security vulnerabilities at her door step. He also said GOP operatives have been in the field longer than their Democratic counterparts and have made more voter contacts in Florida and other battleground states. “If they want to join us in knocking out ISIS, that’s just fine as far as I’m concerned”. Yet Trump has caught up to her level of support in several states.
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“Up until a few weeks ago, there was really only one campaign that actually had a campaign” in Florida, said Schale, who is sitting out this presidential race.
