Donald Trump’s status as a Washington outsider fuels his fiery populism and is helping to shield him from the scrutiny House Republicans are devoting to Hillary Clinton. “You know what, if I knew, I don’t think I’d tell you, frankly”. It started with the Clinton campaign inviting Bizarro-Trump Mark Cuban to the presidential debate at Hoffstra University.
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The Times said that people should not vote for Clinton just because she’s not Trump, emphasising that the former first lady is the most capable candidate and the one who has the “capacity to rise” to the “challenges this country faces”.
The editorial, published online Saturday, did not focus heavily on Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The Republican nominee suggested he might put Gennifer Flowers, a woman who had a relationship with Bill Clinton, “right alongside” Mr Cuban. But several newspapers with more conservative editorial boards, including the Dallas Morning News and Cincinnati Enquirer, also have recently endorsed Clinton.
Trump’s campaign officials did not respond to requests for comment on Saturday, and it remained unclear whether Flowers would actually attend.
Mrs Clinton will face off against Mr Trump on Monday night (US time) in the first of three presidential debates, with opinion polls showing her once sizable lead over the NY businessman narrowing amid continued public doubts about her trustworthiness.
Trump undoubtedly has a passionate base of support, seen clearly among the thousands of backers who fill the stands at his signature rallies.
The New York Times reported that Clinton’s preparations include a staffer, Philippe Reines, playing Trump and pursuing expected lines of attack including Bill Clinton’s sexual indiscretions. “It depends on what level she hits you with, if she’s fair, if it’s unfair, but certainly I’m not looking to do that”.
Flowers came to national prominence in January 1992, when Bill Clinton first campaigned for the White House, with an allegation of a 12-year affair and tapes of conversations between the two.
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Clinton initially denied the claim, but admitted in a 1998 deposition in a sexual harassment suit that he had had a single sexual encounter with Flowers.
