“Tonight, Donald Trump confirmed what we have known since the moment he declared his candidacy: he is dangerously unstable, temperamentally unfit, and totally unqualified to serve as Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States”, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said.
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“Clinton was on the defensive and Trump lacked a lot of substance”.
Clinton elaborated on those remarks at the Thursday press conference, saying putting a significant number of USA troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria would “fulfill one of (ISIS’) dearest wishes which is to drag the United States back into a ground war in that region”.
Still, the government’s most senior Republican stressed Thursday that he does not share Trump’s complimentary view of Putin. “Vladimir Putin is violating the sovereignty of neighboring countries”, Ryan told reporters at his weekly news conference.
Clinton has said her experience in government as secretary of state and a US senator makes her uniquely qualified for the White House, and that Trump’s series of controversial comments make him temperamentally unfit for the office. She vowed to defeat the Islamic State group “without committing American ground troops” to Iraq or Syria. “The generals have been reduced to rubble”, Trump said.
Clinton said Republicans holding or seeking office across the country should be pressed on whether they agree with Trump’s comments, including his views on Putin and US generals that surfaced during the forum. She blasted Trump for remarks on Wednesday night praising Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strength and for suggesting he prefers Putin over Obama as a leader.
It’s going to take more than a flat campaign denial to explain what was in Mrs. Clinton’s ear during the military forum last night.
Trump’s campaign mocked her performance from the previous night’s forum and noted Thursday morning’s tarmac conference in White Plains, New York, was her first press conference in 278 days. “I find it frustrating, but it’s part of the landscape we live in”.
That was why she spent the first two years of her tenure as secretary of state “putting together an global coalition to impose the sanctions that drove them to the negotiating table, which finally led to the agreement”, said Clinton.
A flood of Republican national security experts have instead chosen to back Clinton, helping bolster her case that Trump is broadly unacceptable. And perhaps nearly as bad was the way Barack Obama got out.
The Republican nominee has also criticized Clinton and President Obama for refusing to describe the predominant terrorist threat as “radical Islam”. Those attending include Michael Chertoff, who served as Homeland Security secretary under President George W. Bush.
The national security debate came as Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew attention for a foreign policy flub.
This week’s forum was an interview, not a debate with two candidates onstage at the same time, increasing the responsibility of the questioner to challenge untruths.
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Clinton, the Democratic nominee, speaking to Israel’s Channel 2, was responding to a question about why she does not use the term “war on radical Islam” favored by Trump and other conservatives.
