“To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call “the basket of deplorables.’ Right?” the Democratic presidential nominee told donors at the event”. At this point, we should understand that we just can’t sit around and wait for fact checkers in the media to keep Trump honest.
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Her remarks drew enough controversy that by midday Saturday she tried to refocus her criticism squarely on Trump and continued to stress that she thought many aspects of his campaign were deplorable.
Kerry said the United States remained open to “credible and authentic” talks on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, but added that North Korea had shown it would not be a credible negotiating partner. Olsen’s piece cites statements of support for Donald Trump by members of ISIS (based on a previous article in Foreign Affairs) and goes on to endorse Hillary Clinton as “the clear choice for national security”.
“We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again”.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was featured on the TV program Politicking with Larry King on the Russian government-funded television network Russia Today (RT).
As for Donald Trump, Donald Trump gave a lot of answers.
Trump’s interview aired on RT the day after the Republican candidate had defended comments he previously made about Russian President Vladamir Putin at the Commander-in-Chief forum hosted by NBC News on September 7. Trump said. “I have absolutely no opinion on that”. “And it’s a war that, when we got out, we got out the wrong way”.
Many other Republicans are distancing themselves from the remarks and the flattery Trump is showering on Putin.
A coin toss determined that Clinton will be first to take the stage at the forum on Wednesday.
Trump also said Wednesday night he thinks that under the “leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble” and, in the past, he has claimed to “know more about ISIS than the generals”.
Trump and his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, defended the comment.
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He said that if he becomes president, he will ask Congress to reverse cuts to defense spending enacted under the 2013 budget sequester and submit a new budget to rebuild the military, which he said isn’t prepared to confront threats to the country. But he was unapologetic, saying he was happy to take a compliment from Putin, who once called Trump “very outstanding”.
