“I can tell you from the interactions that I’ve had over the last eight or nine days with foreign leaders, that this is serious business”, Obama said, “and you actually have to know what you’re talking about, and you actually have to have done your homework”.
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The interviewer, NBC’s Matt Lauer, asked why it wasn’t “disqualifying” for Clinton to have handled government emails on a private server while secretary of state.
Trump criticized USA policy in Iraq from the days of Republican President George W. Bush, who ordered the American-led invasion in 2003 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States.
That, however, is when Mr Trump’s staff should have done a bit of research, found out the interview would be broadcast on RT and told their candidate to come up with a scheduling conflict and politely pull out.
Trump’s business ties to Russian Federation have also been probed, though as long as he hasn’t released his tax returns, the full extent isn’t known.
‘Nobody said it was going to be on Russian TV’. “And it’s a war that, when we got out, we got out the wrong way”.
‘I’m not sure anything surprises us anymore, ‘ she said, responding to a shouted question about the appearance after a meeting with her national security advisers.
Donald Trump’s campaign maintained Friday that an interview with the Republican presidential nominee that aired on a Kremlin-backed news outlet was never meant for that channel. I said, “Thank you very much” to the newspaper, and that was the end of it. The Republican candidate again cast doubt on whether Russian Federation was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, a belief at odds with USA intelligence officials.
“Mr Trump recorded a short interview with Larry King for his podcast as a favour to Mr King”, she said.
“I think when he calls me “brilliant”, I’ll take the compliment, OK?” said the businessman, adding that Mr Putin had “great control over his country”.
In 2008, Republican nominee John McCain blasted Russia’s military actions in the country of Georgia and argued he would take a more aggressive approach against the country as president. Trump even said that the Russian leader was more worthy to receive his praise compared to US President Barack Obama.
Clinton blasted Trump for appearing on the network and praising Putin, as he had done on Wednesday night during a televised national security forum.
Donald Trump has told a Kremlin-funded TV network “it’s probably unlikely” that Russian Federation is trying to influence the United States election.
Other lawmakers were concerned about the idea that Trump welcomes praise from Putin.
Graham, a former presidential candidate, has often sparred with Trump and is one of his most vocal critics.
“The generals have been reduced to rubble”, Trump said, before noting he had “faith in certain of the commanders”. “Maybe the Democrats are putting that out, who knows?”
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‘If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him’.
