During his speech in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump called for working “very closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation”, describing radical Islamic terrorism as the dominant global threat and one that must be confronted at all levels.
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Trump has repeatedly provoked controversy in the weeks since his formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in July, despite appeals from party leaders for him to focus on issues that could win him the election.
The Clinton campaign said the news was evidence of “more troubling connections between Donald Trump’s team and pro-Kremlin elements in Ukraine”.
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Monday unveiled his anti-terrorism plan, saying he would implement “extreme vetting” of immigrants and suspend immigration from certain countries to protect the United States.
However, he offered few specifics about how the process might work or how it would be paid for by taxpayers.
Trump is facing an urgent need to counter a Clinton campaign charge that could pose an existential threat to his campaign – the idea that he lacks the knowledge and gravitas to be commander-in-chief – and to quell panic among Republicans who fear he is driving their ticket into the ground.
In a policy speech, Trump said he would wage a multi-front “military, cyber and financial” war against Islamic State, although it was not clear how that would differ from the Obama administration’s fight with the jihadist group.
“To all my passionate friends who are Trump supporters – and I understand why; there are lots of people who are angry and frustrated in this country”. It’s true of every Republican presidential nominee. Mr. Trump’s running mate, Gov. Mike Pence, of IN, will spend most of his week campaigning IN the Southwest with events scheduled for Nevada and New Mexico.
But what he called the organisation’s newly adopted approach to fighting terrorism had led him to change his mind and he no longer considered NATO “obsolete”, Trump said.
His visit follows several days of violence that has left businesses in flames and the Milwaukee police chief expressing surprise at the level of unrest.
Meanwhile in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton appeared with Vice President Joe Biden.
This is not just because Trump’s comments about the Islamic State, the Iraq War, and the Khan family (to name just three) are comically false.
At the same time, Beijing also sees Mr Trump as a businessman with whom it could probably negotiate and may also hope he would be less tough on human rights than Mrs Clinton.
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Salazar will chair a team that also includes former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and longtime Clinton allies Neera Tanden and Maggie Williams.
