Only 35 percent of military and veteran voters say they would feel confident in Clinton’s ability to serve as commander-in-chief, compared to 64 percent who say they are not.
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During a televised forum Wednesday on national security, Trump complimented Putin for having “great control over his country”.
THE FACTS: Far from “the first time in history”, it is routine for presidents to be greeted by a protocol chief or other low-level government official when arriving for foreign visits.
Clinton was grilled over her handling of classified information while using a private email server during her tenure at the State Department.
Some of those Republicans will join Clinton Friday for what she dubbed a “working session” on the threat of terrorism.
“I think that that’s absolutely correct”, he said during the forum.
Speaking to reporters the morning after a NY security forum featuring separate appearances by the two candidates, Clinton also slammed the businessman for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and saying U.S. generals had been “reduced to rubble” by the policies of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Donald Trump gave an interview Thursday with RT, Russia’s state-sponsored worldwide news network, in which he said it was “probably unlikely” that the Kremlin was interfering with the U.S. presidential election. But certainly, in that system, he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader.
Trump did little to counter criticism that he lacks detailed policy proposals, particularly regarding the Islamic State group.
It’ll be up to voters, come November 8, to decide who has more of that quality.
Trump also flirted with revealing what he had been learning in classified intelligence briefings given to him by U.S. officials because he is the Republican nominee.
“I think that when you serve in the armed forces, that’s a very special situation”, Trump said. “Our leaders were not following what they recommended”.
But he was also harshly critical of the military, saying America’s generals have been “reduced to rubble” under Obama.
The appearances mark an intense, two-day focus on national security by Trump, who has offered tough rhetoric on America’s challenges overseas but few details.
Trump agreed it’s “a massive problem”, and something should be done. One said she had “corrupted our national security”.
“When you talk about her not looking presidential, are you talking about aesthetics?”
PolitiFact rated that claim “mostly true,” because an Federal Bureau of Investigation report released September 2 found that no emails containing classified information had a header, footer or cover page signaling the emails contained confidential information.
Trump has refused to release his tax returns, while she’s disclosed decades of filings. “We need change, and we need it fast”.
The claims: Clinton vowed to refrain from putting troops on the ground in Iraq, while Trump claimed that a court system to prosecute sexual assault in the military “practically doesn’t exist”.
Republican Donald Trump is unveiling a plan for a major increase in defense spending as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he’s ready to lead the world’s most powerful military.
So while Clinton slams Trump’s foreign policy for featuring Nixonian “secret plans” to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) and openly advocated torture, Trump attacks the former secretary of state as being “trigger-happy”-with a record to prove it”.
“Permitting there to be an ongoing civil war in Libya would be as threatening and as unsafe as what we are seeing in Syria”, she said. Even some Clinton supporters will admit that she has mishandled – and often completely avoided – questions about her email and her family’s charitable foundation, fueling scrutiny of both. Republicans have made much of the fact that the United States ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, was killed in an Islamist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
Meanwhile, at The Huffington Post, editors fired columnist David Seaman for asking questions about Clinton’s health, then deleted his last few columns to make sure none of the publication’s readers were troubled with content unflattering to Clinton.
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Hillary meanwhile was convening a Friday working session addressing terrorism and national security in NY with a bipartisan group of experts including former acting Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Morell, former commander of US forces in Afghanistan John Allen, and retired US Navy admiral James Stavridis.
