In 2008, Republican nominee John McCain blasted Russia’s military actions in the country of Georgia and argued he would take a more aggressive approach against the country as president. “I’ve got other things to do in this job”, Ryan said.
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In a live “Commander in Chief Forum” hosted by NBC News, both Trump and his democrat rival Hillary Clinton were questioned separately about the military and national security at the event attended by U.S. veterans.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has praised Russian president Vladimir Putin, suggesting he is a better leader than US President Barack Obama.
Trump has generated controversy across party lines by complimenting Putin as a strong leader.
And they say her ability to withstand scrutiny has been more needed than Trump’s: 53% say he and his campaign have unfairly attacked Clinton, while just 43% think Clinton’s attacks on Trump have been unfair. And that’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like the system.
The Clinton and Trump totals don’t just reflect campaign fundraising; they also include money raised by each candidate’s joint fundraising committees.
The interview was striking given that Trump spent Thursday on the defensive over some of his laudatory comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“That is not just unpatriotic and insulting for the people of our country as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary”, Clinton told reporters on Thursday. How did Trump respond? I don’t think it’s right to say that. “She tried to make up for her disgusting performance last night so she went on the tarmac and told more lies”. Trump’s telling anyone who will listen that he opposed the war even though his claim has been disproven, and Rose even replayed audio from the Howard Stern interview where he expressed support for the invasion.
“Mr Trump recorded a short interview with Larry King for his podcast as a favour to Mr. King”, the spokeswoman said.
The tweet: “What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together?”
Still, if Trump is going to tout his supposed positions as evidence of foreign policy judgment, a moderator should be steeped in the candidate’s well-worn claims when pressing him at a national security-focused forum. Clinton, when asked about her vote to authorize the war, said: “I have said that my voting to give President Bush that authority was, from my perspective, my mistake”, she said.
Numerous news organizations, including BuzzFeed and PolitiFact, have reported that Trump did support the Iraq war in 2002. Clinton has spent $132 million on ads, NBC News reported this week, more than four times Trump’s almost $29 million.
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At her first press conference all year, Hillary Clinton on Thursday morning took repeated pokes at Donald Trump and spoke about what she called the media’s “disparate treatment” of her and the celebrity mogul. “I don’t understand the reasons for it”.
