Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to massively increase United States military spending, and said he would asked his generals for a plan to defeat the IS group within 30 days of taking office.
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If elected, Trump said he would give military leaders 30 days to formulate a plan to defeat the group, commonly known as ISIS. “Trump is – or has been – at odds with almost every GOP ideal that this newspaper holds dear”, they wrote.
A new national poll out Wednesday shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump locked in a virtual tie, the latest survey to show an exceedingly tight race with just over two months to go before Election Day.
In his speech he called his vision for the U.S. military “peace through strength”. The newspaper said it hasn’t backed a Democratic candidate for the presidency since before World War II.
There were flashes of the old Donald Trump, of course – such as when he railed against nation-building and military entanglements in the Middle East.
Despite some of Clinton’s flaws, the Board said there was no real choice between the candidates.
But Republican supporters have warned that he may not be able to replicate the winning formula in the general election, when turning out less-engaged voters is a key piece of victory. Bush has not endorsed Mr. Trump.
“This will require rethinking the failed policies”.
“Our adversaries are chomping at the bit”, he added.
Furthermore, Trump pledged to work to develop a state of the art missile defense system and to modernize the US’s naval cruisers so that they provide ballistic missile defense capabilities.
The poll appears to debunk the idea touted by some observers that Israelis prefer Trump because of his hardline stands. It’s going to be great. The speaking order was determined by a coin toss.
The event is being hosted by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
While Clinton charged Trump with not releasing his tax returns as he had to “hide something” from the people, the Republican nominee accused the former secretary of state of the same over the emails deleted by her during her tenure as the top American diplomat.
“For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next Commander-in-Chief”, said the letter endorsing Trump.
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“We want to deter, avoid and prevent conflict through our unquestioned military strength, ” Trump declared of his Democratic opponent in his speech on Wednesday, delivered inside the exclusive Union League of Philadelphia, which first allowed women in 1986.
