Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a Russia-funded television network that “it’s probably unlikely” that Russian Federation is trying to influence the USA election.
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The Wall Street Journal declared in its opening paragraph that RT America is “controlled by the Russian government”, elsewhere repeatedly described the network as a propaganda tool.
Trump vowed to demand a plan from USA military leaders to defeat the “Islamic State” (IS) extremist group within 30 days of taking office. Both candidates believe they have the upper hand, with Clinton contrasting her experience with Trump’s unpredictability and the Republican arguing that Americans anxious about their safety will be left with more of the same if they elect President Barack Obama’s former secretary of state.
Obama, who was in Laos for a summit with South East Asia leaders and his final trip to east Asia, said that Trump holds contradictory and “outright wacky ideas” and is “uninformed”.
The Republican candidate again cast doubt on whether Russian Federation was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, a belief at odds with USA intelligence officials.
If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him.
Trump criticized USA policy in Iraq from the days of Republican President George W. Bush, who ordered the American-led invasion in 2003 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States. Trump then attacked Obama and Clinton, the president’s first secretary of state, for their roles in the US troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Mr Trump’s interview with King was promoted by RT America as an exclusive. “We’ve seen civil war in Syria, civil war in Libya”.
Mr Trump and rival Hillary Clinton had taken questions from military veterans.
“The generals have been reduced to rubble”, Trump said, before noting he had “faith in certain of the commanders”.
Another point Bates and Upshur agreed on is that they would trust Trump more to deal with Putin without jeopardizing national security.
“After Labor Day, as people are really looking at this race, a ticket that is praising a dictator who is hurting his country, hurting his people, as some example of leadership, is awful”, Kaine, the running mate of Hillary Clinton, said after being asked about the controversy over Putin.
When pressed on whether that means he disagrees with Trump and whether he still supports him as the nominee, Ryan got frustrated, saying he’s got other things to do besides being an election year pundit. “If someone says that they want to work with Russian Federation, we’ll welcome it”, Putin told Bloomberg.
“Vladimir Putin is an aggressor that does not share our interests”. But Pence also hedged on praising Trump, remarking that Trump “doesn’t particularly like the system” in reference to Putin’s dictatorship.
Clinton was scheduled on Friday to meet with former senior national security officials in NY.
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“I think the American people are deeply troubled at a foreign policy and a military policy of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that has caused the wider Middle East to literally spin out of control”, Pence added.
