Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump on Monday of imperiling USA national security with his campaign rhetoric, as Trump called for police profiling of people from the Muslim world in the aftermath of bombings in NY and New Jersey.
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“We know that a lot of the rhetoric that we’ve heard from Donald Trump has been seized on by terrorists, including ISIS, because they are looking to make this a war against Islam”, Clinton said.
“We can’t lose our cool and start ranting and waving our arms”, Clinton said on the call, according to her campaign in an apparent reference to Trump.
Six days before the crucial first presidential debate, Donald Trump is using a spate of bombings and stabbings to build an interlocking argument on two issues where he thinks tough talk gives him a winning hand – immigration and terrorism. Rahami, 28, is a naturalized American citizen born in Afghanistan.
“These attacks and many others were made possible because of our extremely open immigration system which fails to properly vet and screen the individuals or families coming into our country”, Trump said.
He will focus on her perceived missteps and muck-ups in Benghazi, Libya, where a terror attack against a US consulate ended in the deaths of four Americans – including the ambassador.
“Welcome them in and understand that it will be messy, that many young people are not professional politicians”, said Mr. Sanders, who was Mrs. Clinton’s top rival in the Democratic presidential primary contest.
Trump also criticized Clinton for supporting the entry of some Syrian refugees into the United States, reiterating his call for tougher vetting of people seeking admission.
Trump, who has based much of his campaign message on arguing that the United States is no longer safe and that he alone can protect the nation, told Fox News on Monday morning that he expects more attacks.
Clinton branded the Republican nominee as a “recruiting sergeant for the terrorists”.
“The point is not to say that we love Hillary Clinton or that we agree with her on all of the issues”, he said.
Trump also faulted Clinton for voting as a NY senator in 2002 to support the USA invasion of Iraq. “Great job, President Obama”.
Donald Trump responded to the bombing attacks in NY and New Jersey on Monday during a speech in Estero, Florida.
“What I said was exactly correct”.
NY officials said Monday the bombings in a Manhattan neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town were looking increasingly like acts of terrorism with a foreign connection. On Sunday, Islamic State claimed responsibility, calling the man “a soldier”, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was investigating the attack as a potential act of terrorism.
“Hillary Clinton’s decisions overseas have left us with the threat we face today and her immigration policies will invite this threat onto our shores, and it’s already happening”, Trump said Monday.
He also insisted the USA should “use whatever lawful methods are available” to get information from the Afghan immigrant arrested in this weekend’s bombings.
“But New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Clinton supporter, pointed out that what Trump was proposing was a wholesale repudiation of the humanitarian, civic and legal values for which the USA stands – a factor that could give some voters pause when they consider handing the White House to Trump”.
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Trump’s Monday rally followed a Friday rally in Miami and an appearance by his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, at The Villages in Central Florida on Saturday.
