Donald Trump visited Mexico to speak with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on August 31, 2016. The latter option would be the worst, but many people are bound to select it this Election Day. Polls show Trump trailing Clinton in a series of must-win battleground states, meaning the debates could be his best chance at reorienting the race. “Despite what his campaign says, they face an uphill battle, and it resembles Mount Everest”, Jonathan Cristol, a scholar from the World Policy Institute think tank, told Al Jazeera.
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And while it is based in IL, a usually reliable Democratic state in presidential elections, it also draws activists from Iowa, where the contest between Clinton and Trump is fairly close, according to public opinion polls. Over the last few days, support for Trump has risen and he’s begun to cut into Clinton’s lead simply by showing up in Mexico.
“I am so happy to have all of you with me”, she said in response to a question about sharing a plane with the press corps”. That’s a big change from supporters of the defeated Republican nominees in 2004 and 2008.
“This has been an unbelievable reception!” “We know Donald Trump hires people, and I’m quite sure he will be very well for the economics of the Mahoning Valley”, Winbush said. As he told reporters later: “They are taking our jobs like Grant took Richmond”.
On a day when he barnstormed OH like a conquering hero, the Republican nominee left open the possibility of a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants and indicated a desire to move on from the issue.
“And I hope, I hope, OH will send Ted Strickland to the Senate”, she said in a strained voice.
LISA DESJARDINS: That crucial first debate comes in three weeks.
The first debate between Trump and Clinton is scheduled for September 26. Clinton’s support has dropped steadily in the weekly tracking poll since August 25, eliminating what had been a eight-point lead for her. Both Clinton and Trump have been locked in an intense back-and-forth throughout the summer.
On Monday, Trump’s deputy campaign manager David Bossie decried Clinton’s “terrible judgment, incompetence and dishonesty” – targeting one of the former first lady’s crucial weaknesses in the eyes of voters. Beyond Russia, she answered questions about the ongoing controversy surrounding her use of a private email server while secretary of state, which Mr Trump has used to cast doubt over her ability to protect classified information.
“We are facing a very serious concern”, she said. He characterised this as a “rookie mistake” by the Republican nominee.
“I expect to do all three”, Trump said on his plane.
But an immigration speech that Trump gave following his trip to Mexico drew criticism from some of his Hispanic supporters, and several backers advising him on the issue made a decision to part ways with his campaign.
But for those who stay behind, Trump said their cases would be considered at some undefined point. “The important thing is the content that was given to the public”.
She told Muir she rejected President Enrique Pena Nieto’s invite and opted to continue campaigning in the United States instead.
Trump, the Republican nominee, is set to campaign in Virginia and North Carolina on Tuesday, two critical states in his path to the presidency.
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She was joined by labor leaders, including the AFL-CIO’s president, Richard L. Trumka; Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the first unions to endorse Clinton previous year.
