“Sometimes it seemed like there wasn’t a country in the Middle East that Hillary Clinton didn’t want to invade, intervene in, or topple”, he said.
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“Every Republican holding or seeking office in this country should be asked if they agree with Donald Trump about these statements”, Clinton said in a morning news conference.
A forum created to test the leading presidential candidates’ capacity for military leadership Wednesday night displayed as much unpredictability as the rest of this election, as questions and answers veered off-topic and both candidates were put on the defensive several times.
272-a-16-(Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, Democratic presidential nominee, in broadcast of Commander-in-Chief Presidential Forum)-“were moving forward”-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says she is proud that she helped lay the groundwork for the historic worldwide nuclear deal with Iraq”. She also fleshed out several national security priorities if she is elected, including trying to take out the leader of the Islamic State and vowing to defeat the extremist group without putting USA troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria.
Trump’s team has worked aggressively in recent days to turn deflect such criticism back at Clinton.
It was the first time the candidates had appeared back-to-back at an event since they secured their parties’ nominations, and the evening offered a preview of their first debate on September 26.
She again said her use of a private e-mail system was a mistake.
Trump will deliver another speech Wednesday evening, at the convention of New York’s Conservative Party. Republicans and Democrats voted for the automatic, across-the board cuts that affected both military and domestic programs.
Trump called for the end of military spending caps put in place by Congress in 2011 amid a debate over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.
His position on the sequester has been even more murky. The adviser did not explain how, but suggested there would be no need for structural budget cuts to pay for the billions of additional military spending over 10 years.
Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying her Republican opponent had “failed” at proving he can be commander in chief.
On Tuesday, the Trump campaign released a letter featuring endorsement from 88 retired generals and admirals. “I thank each of them for their service and their confidence in me to serve as commander-in-chief”.
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“If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him”, Trump said, but “it’s not going to get him anywhere”. He added that, “we’ll all make our assessments”, in the candidates’ foreign affairs abilities by early November.
