Meanwhile, democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton denounced her Republican rival Donald Trump on Thursday for asserting that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a better leader than US President Barack Obama.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday agreed to intensify efforts to convince warring parties in Syria on a cease-fire in Aleppo, Anadolu Agency has learned.
Speaking in Laos at the end of the second of two Asian summits, Obama said the tycoon’s lack of leadership credentials was exposed whenever he spoke and American voters were aware of that.
Trump has been focusing on his national security policy in the past few days, including announcing that his plan to combat ISIS would include ordering military generals to put together a plan to defeat the terrorist group in his first 30 days.
Democrats accused Lauer of focusing too intently on questions over Clinton’s handling of a private email server while secretary of state and for failing to challenge Trump’s bogus claim that he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning.
But Ryan made it clear that Putin is no one to be praised. I’m not sure. You tell me. “What Donald Trump has said was let’s engage with Russian Federation for a common goal, which is defeat to ISIS”.
The interview came as Trump faced sustained criticism for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he has regularly done on the campaign trail – to the discomfort of many members of his own party, who have distanced themselves from the comments. “If you are running to be leader of the free world and you find admiration for Putin, well, then, you’re losing me”.
“Well, I think the dishonesty of the media”. “I don’t like talking about it, I’ll be honest with you”, he said.
“Vladimir Putin is an aggressor that does not share our interests”, Ryan said, reports ABC News. “The commander in chief makes the call”, Pence said.
Jason Miller, Trump’s senior communications director, issued a statement denouncing Clinton’s remarks as “desperate attacks of a flailing campaign sinking in the polls, and characteristics of someone woefully unfit for the presidency of the United States”.
Hillary Clinton speaks to the Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, United States September 8, 2016.
That’s down three percentage points over the past month.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the former GOP presidential candidate who is now supporting Trump, similarly affirmed that the GOP nominee was wrong. “Maybe the Democrats are putting that out – who knows”, Trump told King.
