The idea of a Russian dictator choosing an American president is so unsafe, extreme and obnoxious to those who protect our security that if Putin persists, one way or the other, the plot will be exposed before Election Day in a radioactive scandal that will explode in the hands of Donald Trump.
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This is even as the chief of the Pentagon accused Russian Federation of sowing the seeds of global instability.
The interview was striking given that Trump spent Thursday on the defensive over some of his laudatory comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking at NBC News’ presidential forum Wednesday night, Trump doubled down on his compliments of Putin, touting the foreign leader’s 82% approval rating.
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The property magnate recently drew sharp criticism when he urged Russian Federation to dig up the emails that Mrs Clinton deleted from her email server.
On the USA intervention in Libya in 2011, Clinton rejected Trump’s criticism of her support for the effort as secretary of state.
“Russian television shows him very favourably and my friends wrongly think that he supports Russia and that he will improve relations”, she said.
“The man has very strong control over a country”, Trump said.
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“We will not ignore attempts to interfere with our democratic processes”, he said.
She added that such a remark by Trump “suggests that he will let Putin do whatever Putin wants to do and then make excuses for him”.
“I think the most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and follow-up and ask questions about what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or outright wacky ideas”.
“Permitting there to be an ongoing civil war in Libya would be as threatening and as risky as what we are seeing in Syria”, she said.
The former secretary of state vowed to defeat the Islamic State group, though she emphasised: “We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again”.
“Let’s face it, over the last several years, president Putin has operated in ways that very much have been against our interests.in many ways, in a very ruthless manner”.
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An August poll by the independent Levada Centre said 39 percent of Russians who follow the USA election campaign would vote for Trump while only 15 percent would choose Clinton, who is seen as anti-Moscow after her time as secretary of state.
