U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted her rival Donald Trump for appearing on a Russian state-run television network and praising Russian President Vladimir Putin. “And it is beyond one’s imagination to have a candidate for president praising a Russian autocrat like Vladimir Putin and throwing his lot in with him in the way that he has”. “It shows just how far down the rabbit hole some Trump fans will go to defend their guy”, said Noonan.
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Maybe that’s the way we should interpret GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s perplexing decision to agree to an interview aired on RT’s American arm, RT America – was it a tryout?
WASHINGTON-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.
Western media however, were less fawning, the Obama-Putin meeting was described as unofficial and on the sidelines of the summit, the Russian president’s schedule was no different from that of any other leader attending the summit and during the final group photograph, President Obama gave Putin the death stare. I’m not sure anything surprises us any more. This caricature of Donald Trump was adapted from Creative Commons licensed images from Michael Vadon’s flickr photostream.
“He’s been a leader far more that our president has been a leader”, Trump said of the Russian president.
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has stated that the USA should have taken over the oil reserves of Iraq after the 2003 invasion.
Trump savaged Clinton for saying during a Wednesday national security forum that she would never place more USA troops on the ground in Iraq to tackle the ISIS terrorist threat.
He also said that Trump’s team apologized to him after the interview abruptly ended. “We need a Commander-in-Chief committed to a bipartisan foreign policy, who can bring together top experts with deep experience to solve the toughest challenges”.
At Wednesday night’s NBC forum, Trump once again praised Putin.
Trump’s affable posture toward Putin has extended to his policy as well.
Standing in front of a row of American flags and white pillars resembling those at the White House, Hillary Clinton touted support from national security leaders, reminded the country of her role in killing Osama bin Laden, and chastised – with a touch of theatrical flare – her Republican opponent as clueless and entirely out of his element.
Michael Morrell, the former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Mike Vickers, the former undersecretary of defense, took Trump to task in a Washington Post editorial published Saturday.
“I think it’s inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country”, Indiana Governor and Trump Mike Pence said, echoing his running mate on Thursday.
“Putin, during his long tenure, has repeatedly pursued policies that undermine US interests and those of our allies and partners”, Vickers and Morrell said.
“Putin is an aggressor that does not share our interests”.
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On Tuesday, 88 retired generals and admirals endorsed Trump.
