Clinton on Thursday said Trump’s comment was “not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country, as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary”. But it’s also given ammunition to Clinton, who can use the topic to ramp up already existing tensions between mainstream conservatives and Trump.
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Clinton said that one of her priorities on national security was to “hunt down” Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. That effort started in Kansas City on Thursday night with an address on faith at the National Baptist Convention. I never got to say goodbye, I don’t know why I stopped so abruptly.
“I think we need to be aware of that the American dominance in the world has retreated because of … direct orders from Barack Obama and that has allowed Putin to be more robust”, he added.
“It will be our faith in God and his teachings, in each other, that will lead us back to unity”, he said.
In her appearance at the forum, Clinton defended her judgment despite her email scandal.
The Democratic candidate went on to denounce Trump’s declaration at the forum that under the Obama administration, American generals had been “reduced to rubble”. He said I’m a genius. “But it’s part of the landscape we live in”.
Standing in front of a row of American flags and white pillars resembling those at the White House, Hillary Clinton touted support from national security leaders, reminded the country of her role in killing Osama bin Laden, and chastised – with a touch of theatrical flare – her Republican opponent as clueless and entirely out of his element.
A flood of Republican national security experts have instead chosen to back Clinton, helping bolster her case that Trump is broadly unacceptable.
Reporters from the banned organisations had often gained access to Trump’s campaign events as regular citizens, but could be tossed out by his security officials if discovered.
Both candidates are hoping to capitalize on concerns about national security and paint their opponents as unqualified leading into the November 8 presidential election. He was asked Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” what he would do as president about Aleppo, the Syrian city at the center of the refugee crisis, Johnson replied, “And what is Aleppo?”
Trump also sought on Friday to blame Clinton after reports that North Korea had tested a nuclear weapon, arguing it was the fourth such test since the Democrat became secretary of state in 2009 and that she should have ended the nation’s nuclear program before her tenure ended. But she defended her support for USA military intervention to help oust a dictator in Libya, despite the chaotic aftermath.
The GOP candidate also suggested that he was open to giving illegal immigrants serving in the military a path to legal status. He replied, “Yeah, I guess so”.
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“She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching”, Trump said, miming a gun with his fingers. He added, “I hope that if they are doing something, I hope that somebody’s going to be able to find out, so they can end it, because that would not be appropriate at all”. “And I opposed the reckless way Hillary Clinton took us out”.
