A sizable number of these voters say they would not be confident in Clinton or Trump’s ability to be an effective commander-in-chief of the nation’s military, though a slight majority would be confident in Trump (53 percent), the NBC News SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll finds.
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“I could see myself working that out, absolutely”, he said Wednesday in NY at the “Commander in Chief Forum” hosted by NBC.
White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are bringing out the brass, in hopes some military polish will burnish their own national security credentials.
Overall, 47 percent of voters who are now serving or have previously served in the US military said they would not be confident in Trump’s ability to serve as an effective commander-in-chief of the USA military.
The forum, which was moderated by Matt Lauer, was a preview into how the candidates will handle themselves in the upcoming presidential debate September 26.
“I know more about Isis (Islamic State) than the generals do”.
He told supporters at the invite-only event in the Union League of Philadelphia that America was under threat like never before from foes like radical Islamists, North Korea and China.
Trump, meanwhile, sharply criticized the military’s top leaders, saying their ranks have been “reduced to rubble” under the Obama administration and that the military “is very sadly depleted”.
Keven Ann Willey, editor of the Dallas Morning News editorial page, says they didn’t come to the decision easily. She quickly faced a barrage of questions about her email use at the State Department, where she used a personal email address and a private server.
“Well, thank God we are all going to heaven because hell has frozen over”, said former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk.
Trump, who has both said he has a secret plan to defeat ISIS and, if elected, that he would give generals 30 days to present him with a plan to beat ISIS, also offered little clarity as to which was the case.
Trump will deliver another speech on Wednesday evening, at the convention of New York’s Conservative Party.
The poll released Wednesday also shows that incumbent Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, holds an 8 percentage point lead over Republican challenger Dr. Bud Pierce.
An Associated Press Fact Check of Donald Trump’s immigration speech shows that the Republican Presidentian nominee repeated many of his campaign themes and left out key details.
“I think my single greatest asset, of any assets I have, is my temperament”, Trump declared in North Carolina on Tuesday.
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Mr Trump said his plan would be paid for by cutting government waste, collecting uncollected taxes and slimming down the federal workforce.
