The Clinton campaign, with hundreds of staffers and millions in the bank, is well-poised to create just this kind of rapid-response video, primed for social media and cable news chatter.
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Trump was finishing a two-day publicity tour of his Scotland golf resorts – on Friday, he visited Trump Turnberry – but between ribbon cuttings and family photos, news of Britain’s referendum kept intruding.
He predicted the end of the European Union could be “on its way” with other members fed up with migrants flowing across “Swiss cheese” borders.
“People want to take their country back”, Trump said of the Brexit vote.
In the two weeks following the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fl., Trump has reportedly distanced himself from his proposal for an outright ban.
“Look, if the pound goes down, they’re going to do more business”, he said. “But I really feel like we needed something different, because this isn’t working”, she said.
You have left for this month.
“I don’t want to have a plummeting pound”, Trump said.
“Texas will never do that, because Texas loves me”, he said, when asked how, as president, he would handle it if Texas tried to secede. But the idea of a “Texit” has garnered so much attention that its even reached the 2016 presidential candidates, specifically Donald Trump.
He said he thought Trump’s appearance at his golf course in Scotland after the Brexit vote “was one of his best events” and his comments about the British currency and what it would mean for his businesses were just “an anecdotal statement” about its effects.
In an article in a Scottish newspaper earlier this year, Mr Trump pointed to his determination to overcome local opposition to his golf course projects as an example of the leadership skills that Americans would get if he were to become president.
Democratic operative Lynda Tran said that if US voters are indeed seeking a broad political overhaul in November, Clinton will be “at a major disadvantage”.
Donald Trump appeared to shift his position on a blanket ban on all Muslims entering the United States, saying on Saturday he wouldn’t be bothered if a Muslim from Scotland or Great Britain entered, according to reporters from CBS and CNN. “I’ll tell you who has endorsed me, the people of the United States are endorsing me, that’s what relevant to me”, Trump replied.
When asked in the press gaggle which countries make up “terror countries, Mr. Trump replied, “They’re pretty well decided”.
Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Turnberry Golf course in Scotland last week. They also said the order had come from the highest authority.
And his campaign did not respond to multiple requests asking for clarification on whether Trump still supported banning all foreign Muslims from the U.S.
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“I am good at getting things zoned”, he offered at one hole, explaining how he shepherded his golf links here through a series of controversies.
