In the previously unreported interview, Trump also declared Bill and Hillary Clinton to be “fantastic, fantastic people”.
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“It is through these sculptures that we leave behind the physical and metaphorical embodiment of the ghastly soul of one of America’s most infamous and reviled politicians”, INDECLINE said in its statement.
“After several failed attempts to pivot into a more serious campaign, Donald Trump has chose to double down on his most small, nasty and divisive instincts”, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said. He also shook up his campaign in recent days, tapping a combative conservative media executive, Stephen Bannon, to serve as CEO of the campaign.
Clinton’s campaign message has been considerably more upbeat than this.
The Republican National Committee has already conceded it may divert resources away from the presidential contest in favor of vulnerable Senate and House candidates if Trump’s standing does not improve in the coming weeks.
On the list of seven issues, immigration and terrorism stand out as especially serious problems among Trump supporters; almost two-thirds cite each as very big problems in the country (66% immigration, 65% terrorism).
The uptick for Trump among black voters appears between Wednesday and Thursday, directly following the presidential hopeful’s appeal to that particular demographic.
Clinton campaign spokesperson Christina Reynolds said Trump “literally started his campaign by insulting people”, and his “apology tonight is simply a well-written phrase until he tells us which of his many offensive, bullying and divisive comments he regrets – and changes his tune altogether”. His first major ad buys shows him focused on more conventional battlegrounds.
When looking to the future, Trump backers generally are pessimistic: Sixty-eight percent say life for the next generation will be worse than it is today.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally on August 18, 2016 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Pollster Kellyanne Conway, who has known Trump for years and gained his trust during her brief tenure working for him, will serve as campaign manager.
Ivanka Trump’s brother-in-law not voting for Trump: Josh Kushner, the younger brother of Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared, is a “lifelong Democrat”, according to Thursday’s Esquire profile of his older brother.
Clinton is leading Trump 47.3 percent to 41.2%, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.
“I know how well we’re doing with law enforcement”. She is the first woman ever to manage a Republican presidential campaign.
Just 27% of registered voters say that Trump would make a good or great president, while about twice as many (55%) say he would be either poor or bad (with 43% saying he would make a “terrible” president).
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Supporters of the two candidates have different views of a changing country.
