The “commander in chief” national security forum, hosted by NBC, will serve as something of a preview for voters of the candidates’ highly anticipated trio of debates later this fall.
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Despite making support for the military a signature issue in his campaign, Mr Trump has at various times drawn criticism from military members.
Over the course of his campaign, Donald Trump has hurled a litany of insults at Clinton – including accusations of political corruption because of her ties to the Clinton Foundation, and her use of a private email server at the US State Department.
“Trump is erratic, vindictive and thin-skinned”, Wallace said in the Hillary for Iowa statement.
While Clinton charged Trump with not releasing his tax returns, Trump accused her over the deleted emails during her tenure as diplomat.
At a rally in Philadelphia the Republican presidential nominee said he would increase troops, Navy ship and fighter plane numbers.
Trump also wants to ask countries like Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia to pay more for the security the USA provides them.
Most national polls show a tight race with Clinton in the lead as the U.S. presidential race enters its home stretch with just nine weeks until the November 8 election.
Trump edged ahead of Clinton in a new CNN/ORC poll, by 45 percent to 43 percent among likely voters. He’s seen as the best Democratic nominee by 29% of Americans.
Among general voters, 39 percent of those polled said they are either very confident or somewhat confident that Trump would be an effective commander-in -chief.
Yesterday, the Dallas Morning News set the stage for its endorsement of Clinton, publishing a scathing editorial that questioned Trump’s conservative credentials.
Bernie is serving the Revolution in a way that doesn’t make us all happy, but for now, it is what is required.
Clinton said Wednesday that Iran was “on a fast track” to acquiring the material necessary to make a nuclear weapon before the deal was signed past year.
Both candidates have contended the other is unfit to be the nation’s commander in chief during campaign speeches in recent weeks.
The report attributes the reduced military budget partly to the removal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and partly to sequestration: across-the-board cuts that automatically came into place when both parties failed to strike a spending deal in Congress in 2011.
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A senior adviser said ahead of the speech that Trump would make sure the additional spending was fully paid for but did not explain how.
