And to military vets and their families, she pointed anew to his summertime dust-up with the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier.
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Hillary Clinton is blasting Donald Trump for saying that he would have left a G-20 summit in China after a logistical flap over the staircase that President Barack Obama used to depart Air Force One.
Trump’s campaign moved to pre-empt the criticism from Clinton’s camp on Tuesday by releasing a letter signed by 88 retired US generals and admirals who are supporting the Republican nominee’s White House bid.
Trump has edged ahead of Clinton in a new CNN/ORC poll, at 45 percent to 43 per cent among likely voters, while an NBC News poll of registered voters shows Clinton’s lead holding at six percentage points – 48 per cent to 42 per cent.
But not this time – not when the candidate is Donald Trump.
Clinton’s lead evaporated despite a challenging month for Trump, which saw an overhaul of his campaign staff, announcements of support for Clinton from several high-profile Republicans and criticism of his campaign strategy.
Said she was proud to have endorsements of military, intelligence and defense officials like retired Gen. John Allen, Mike Morell and Mike Vickers.
Among voters overall, a smaller majority (52 percent) said they would not be confident in her ability to serve. They were more divided on Trump, with 46 per cent thinking him honest and trustworthy and 52 per cent thinking otherwise.
On Wednesday, Clinton and Trump will participate in a televised forum on national security sponsored by a veteran’s group.
Neither major third party candidate appears to be making the gains necessary to reach the 15 per cent threshold set by the Commission on Presidential Debates, with just three weeks to go before the first debate on September 26.
“I do think Hillary Clinton is a less unsafe candidate than Donald Trump, but I think that … her politics are bringing the United States in the wrong direction”.
Trump, by contrast, “seems to support Russian interests at the expense of American ones”, Kaine said in a foreign policy speech in North Carolina. “We’re going to be here a lot”. Until those problems are resolved, he said he would allow veterans to seek treatment from private doctors or hospitals free of charge. The foundation is run by Clinton, her husband and former president Bill Clinton, and their daughter Chelsea.
Republican Donald Trump unveiled a plan to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars on Wednesday, promising major increases in the number of active troops, Navy ships and submarines, and fighter planes as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he’s ready to lead the world’s most powerful military.
Kaine was saying Trump tells voters he was opposed to the Iraq War even though he expressed support for it leading up to the US invasion.
Meanwhile, Clinton broadcast an advert showing veterans cringing at Trump’s statements on national security. On who has the “temperament to serve effectively as president”, Clinton was favoured by 56 per cent compared to 36 per cent preferring Trump. Clinton is up by 5 points or less in Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Nevada and North Carolina, with larger cushions in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and New Hampshire.
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But Republican strategist Matt Mackowiack says Texas is still solidly in Trump’s camp. Dozens of GOP national security leaders released a letter last month warning that he would risk the nation’s “national security and well-being”.
