Donald Trump’s campaign says Trump’s interview with Larry King was recorded for a podcast, not for a TV program that aired on a Russian-owned network. “I think [Trump] wants to be a dictator”.
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So have you had a chance to speak to Donald Trump since this interview, or your producers to speak to his campaign? He went on to blame Democrats for stating that the Russians are involved in cyber-attacks during the election. 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. The FBI is now investigating the hack, though Putin has denied playing any role.
“I mean, the man has very strong control over a country – and that’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like the system”, Trump said.
He also said Mr. Putin had been far more of a leader than Mr. Obama.
The Republican nominee noted that Putin has “an 82 percent approval rating”, apparently referring to polling by the Levada Center, one of the last remaining independent pollsters in Russian Federation.
She also criticized Mr. Trump’s assertion that the United States made a mistake by not seizing oil fields in Iraq and Libya after invading the countries.
Clinton on Thursday said Trump’s comment was “not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country, as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary”.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton resumed a Friday afternoon press conference to lace into Donald Trump for his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“This constitutes a direct threat to the United States, and we can not and will never accept this”, Clinton said.
Trump’s interview surfaced as he and Clinton continue to clash over foreign policy in the run up to the November 8 presidential election. Trump then attacked President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Obama’s first secretary of state, for their roles in the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Wednesday night’s MSNBC/NBC broadcast of back-to-back forums with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was supposed to be a showcase for the presidential candidates to demonstrate their readiness to be the nation’s next commander in chief. “You’re running to be the leader of the free world, and if you find admiration of Vladimir Putin, then I’m not with you”.
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The issue, which featured heavily in the 2008 Democratic primary, remains a sore spot for Clinton and Trump is hoping to use it to tarnish her foreign policy credentials. “You just have to look at the maps”, Trump said. She tried to assure the audience regarding her choices as secretary of state, especially her stance for Iraq in the Senate. “I think there is a lot more we can do, and it will be on the top of my list in dealing with China on how we’re going to prevent what very well could be a serious conflict with North Korea”, she said.
