Both candidates believe they have the upper hand, with Clinton contrasting her experience with Trump’s unpredictability and the Republican arguing that Americans anxious about their safety will be left with more of the same if they elect Obama’s former secretary of state. “I think that’s because he knew they [the news media] were about to report that he used his foundation to give money to your attorney general”.
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While Clinton and Trump will be featured at the Wednesday night forum, they will appear at separate times and will not face each other on stage.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says Hillary Clinton has been so confident she’ll win the presidential election that she’s “playing not to lose”. FBI Director James Comey had declared her “extremely careless” in her handling of sensitive material but did not recommend charges against her.
“Hillary Clinton and her super PACs have spent over $130 million on negative political ads, and yet we are virtually tied (or better) in the most recent national polls and leading in numerous important swing states”, said Steven Mnuchin, Trump for President Finance chairman.
“If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him”, Trump said of the Russian president. I know Trump is the most unprepared, unstable, untruthful, demagogic practitioner of the politics of hate that I have covered in my decades of presidential reporting.
No? A Quinnipiac University poll two weeks ago found that 74 percent of likely voters, including 62 percent of Republicans, think Trump should release his tax returns.
In a statement, the Trump Campaign said the $90 million haul came mostly from small donors and includes a significant contribution from the 70-year-old – bringing his overall contributions to the campaign to nearly $60 million dollars.
Clinton provided more specifics, stressing IS would be defeated without U.S. ground troops being deployed.
Trump’s appearance on the controversial television station could exacerbate an already icy relationship with the US political press. According to the Trump Campaign, in last three months, 2.1 million people from across the nation have donated.
“I’ve learned to be grateful not just for my blessings but also for my faults, and there are plenty”, she said, noting the importance of humility among leaders.
As of Thursday, there already are 4,460 USA troops on the ground in Iraq, according to the Pentagon – with 400 having arriving over the Labor Day weekend.
Donald Trump speaks to Matt Lauer during the Commander in Chief Forum in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 7, 2016.
Wednesday’s forum served as a preview of sorts for Clinton and Trump’s highly anticipated debates.
Some Republicans asked about the comments made by their party’s presidential nominee took issue – if cautiously – with his characterization.
“He supported it before it happened, he supported it as it was happening, and he is on the record as supporting it after it happened”, Clinton said. “Some days it’s really hard for me”, she said to laughter. “We need to do that everywhere“.
Clinton, holding an impromptu press conference on a NY tarmac before flying to a campaign event, castigated the brash billionaire for failing to formulate a strategy to defeat ISIS extremists.
Clinton, who voted in favor of the war, said that decision was a mistake but that it is important to learn from mistakes. Trump has condemned the war during his campaign and said he would avoid lengthy conflicts in the Middle East.
The shift comes as opinion polls tighten between Clinton, the former secretary of state and USA senator, and Trump, a NY businessman, ahead of the November 8 election.
“Permitting there to be an ongoing civil war in Libya would be as threatening and as risky as what we are seeing in Syria”, she said. Republicans have made much of the fact that the US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, was killed in an Islamist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
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She said the deal “does not in any way” excuse Iranian behavior, such as its support for militant groups like Hezbollah and Hamas and development of long-range ballistic missiles.
