“Based on what we know from the Trump campaign, he wants America to work for him and his friends, at the expense of everyone else”, she said, at a manufacturing company.
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“Before he tweets about how he’s really one who will put ‘America First, ‘” she said, “let’s remember where Trump makes many of his own products. He is missing so much of what makes MI great”, Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, said in Warren, Mich.
The Republican nominee recalled moments in his youth when he’d play with blocks near his father’s desk while the elder Trump brokered deals. This week, emails obtained by a conservative group suggest the Clinton Foundation asked the State Department for favors.
It’s the critical issue in this election and one that has ultimately determined almost all recent elections, as her husband’s former campaign adviser, James Carville, explained in 1992 when he coined the phrase: “It’s the economy, stupid”. Trump continued his attacks calling President Barack Obama the founder of ISIS and Hillary Clinton the co-founder.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks”, Trump said on the stage.
“My temperament’s going to win for us”.
She also reiterated her strong opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, leaving herself little room for backtracking should she win the White House if it is taken up by the lame-duck Congress later this year. She said it’s not enough to “rant and rave” about trade deals that have hurt Americans, and that the United States cannot “cut ourselves off from the world”.
In the past couple of days, she has previewed her argument against the GOP nominee, including a new video stating that Trump’s plan offers huge tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations. Ending the estate tax would bust the nation’s federal budget while benefiting the richest families, including a $4-billion break for Trump’s family, the Clinton campaign argues, and a child-care tax deduction that would also redound mostly to the benefit of well-to-do families that itemize their annual tax returns. Her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, “is expected to release his returns from the last 10 years”, according to ABC. The source spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans in advance.
“Like it or not, NAFTA is not bad for everyone”, Bill Horton, a Detroit attorney, said as he left Trump’s speech Monday.
Of course, Trump’s supporters are out hitting the airwaves on his behalf, many trying to clarify or justify Trump’s statements and downplay them as much as possible.
And McCain, the veteran Senator from Arizona and one of the most prominent American legislators both in the U.S. and overseas, is now engaged in what he himself has said may be the race of his life because of Trump.
Trump said, as president, that he would halve the number of income tax brackets and vowed that the poorest Americans will not pay any taxes.
“No, I meant he’s the founder of ISIS”.
She said she would seek to create an “infrastructure bank” and use private funding to complement public spending. Green Party candidate Jill Stein released her returns Thursday, asking Trump via Twitter, “Where are yours”.
Blanchard says he has no doubt that Clinton will carry MI and win the election.
“Detroit is still waiting for Hillary Clinton’s apology”.
Economic issues have frequently been pushed to the side amid controversies over remarks made by Trump – as well as recurring controversies involving Clinton’s email scandals and dealing between her State Department and family foundation. “His approach is based on fear, not strength”, she said.
But he seemed to acknowledge the risk his campaign – and party – was taking.
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“You’re talking about 36 whatever years ago, and a lot has changed”, Blanchard told CNN.
