“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”, read the email, which prompted readers to donate to the Clinton campaign.
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So who’s winning the commander-in-chief election?
Noah does back away from letting the forum define Lauer as an interviewer.
He made one knowing reference while interviewing Dana Carvey on Today. The comic, impersonating Russian leader Vladimir Putin, commended Lauer for his work at the forum. I’ve been all over the world”, he said, adding later, “The main thing is I have good judgment – I know what’s going on. In some cases, as with his plans to defeat the Islamic State group, Trump says they’re purposefully shrouded in secrecy.
Lauer interrupted Clinton four times, causing her to urge “let me finish”.
HILLARY CLINTON: That’s not just unpatriotic and insulting for the people of our country, as well as to our commander in chief. So one would think that the forum on Wednesday night – something many consider a rehearsal for the presidential debates – would be a chance for the media to concentrate on critiquing the platforms of the two candidates.
MAN: How can you expect those such as myself who were and are entrusted with America’s most sensitive information to have any confidence in your leadership as president when you clearly corrupted our national security?
“I don’t know what the f-k he was doing, and neither did he”, Trevor Noah said. I communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system. “If I create that perception, then I take responsibility”.
JOHN YANG: Another big topic at the forum was the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Clinton’s campaign acknowledges that some of her liabilities stem from self-imposed errors, including her difficulty explaining the decision to install a private email server in her NY home.
Another veteran, Will Fischer, executive director of the Union Veterans Council for AFL-CIO, found Trump’s overall performance appalling. 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”.
Thankfully, Trump has been mostly eviscerated in the press coverage of the debate, with one Washington Post columnist even declaring, “Trump flunks the commander-in-chief test”.
A new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll shows Trump holding an nearly 20-point lead over Clinton with military and veteran voters, 55 to 36 percent.
BARACK OBAMA: And every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed.
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Trump’s implication that the current crop of US generals had been hand-picked by President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who had served as Secretary of State, does not align with the reality of how generals are appointed. He was asked Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” what he would do as president about Aleppo, the Syrian city at the center of the refugee crisis, Johnson replied, “And what is Aleppo?”
