Vice President Joe Biden assailed Donald Trump’s ability to lead America at home and overseas on Monday, branding him as indifferent to the needs of Americans in his first campaign appearance with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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The demonstration was meant to be timed with Biden’s stay in the capital, as the vice president is seen by many in Serbia as representing unwanted USA involvement in the country – something demonstrators said would not happen under GOP presidential nominee Trump.
A worker arranges Kosovo and U.S flags in Kosovo capital Pristina main square decorating it ahead of the visit of the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016.
Clinton’s campaign did not respond late Tuesday to a request for comment.
“Team U.S.A.is showing the world what this country stands for”, Clinton told the boisterous crowd.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with a cell phone next to a group of happy supporters during Monday’s campaign event at the Riverfront Sports Complex in Scranton. The vice president is expected to campaign for Clinton in several battleground states where he remains popular, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Florida.
No major party nominee in the history the United States of America – now don’t cheer, quiet, just listen – has known less or been less prepared to deal with our national security than Donald Trump.
He did say that implementing the policy overhaul would require a temporary halt in immigration from “the most unsafe and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism”. The terrorist organization, Hezbollah, an ISIS rival, quoting Trump, publicly said it believes he has evidence to back up the claim, which is making life more unsafe for American troops, Biden said.
But he didn’t say which countries or regions would be subject to the “extreme” vetting, and his announcement that government agencies would create the list suggested that would not happen before the election in November.
In a risky move, Trump traveled Tuesday to Milwaukee, the site of ongoing protests over the fatal shooting of a black man by a black police officer.
Ethnic tensions remain high in the Balkans, with neighbors bickering over who was the most responsible for the bloodshed. Among those present were Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who penned an op-ed Monday blaming liberal Democrats and the media for the unrest that has rocked the city.
“Who can have a problem with that?”
Trump has since said he was being sarcastic in accusing Obama of founding the Islamic State.
The business tycoon also vowed to destroy Daesh (ISIL) terrorists but accused President Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton of paving the way for the terrorists to grow.
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Offering himself as a character witness for Clinton, Biden portrayed the former secretary of state as the most qualified person to lead the country, singling out her foreign policy experience and passion for improving people’s lives.
