But Trump insisted Thursday that “Iraq is one of the biggest differences in this race”, pointing to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s October 2002 vote to authorize military force in Iraq when she was a USA senator from NY, which Trump called “a big mistake”.
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Hillary Clinton suggested in a television interview in Israel, broadcast Thursday, that the Islamic State is “rooting for Donald Trump’s victory” and that terrorists are praying, “Please, Allah, make Trump president of America”.
“Maybe he did it with a smile and I guess the RNC wouldn’t like that”, she quipped.
Early in his interview with Trump, Lauer failed to challenge Trump when the GOP nominee said he’d opposed the invasion of Iraq as early as 2002, a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.
So for now, Trump is winning the arms race with 120 endorsements compared to Clinton’s 110. “It’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like the system, but certainly, in that system, he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader”.
Noah pointed out that Lauer spent way too much time grilling Clinton about her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with “Today” show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.
Mitchell seemed to enjoy Clinton’s new line of attack, that ISIS wants Trump elected because it would be good for them. Among them were former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Richard Fontaine – a former foreign policy advisor to U.S. Sen. The candidates will face off for the first time on September 26 at Hofstra University. “I’m not sure anything surprises us anymore”, Clinton said.
“According to yesterday’s media reports, Trump has received more than 400 fewer endorsements than Mitt Romney received – 88 to Romney’s 500”, the statement said. And for the first time, he opened the door to granting legal status to people living in the US illegally who join the military.
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Trump and Clinton supporters went on the offensive on social media Wednesday night and Thursday morning, defending their candidates’ performances during the forum. Yet in 2002, the real-estate mogul said he supported the war in an interview with Howard Stern.
