Trump also continued to compare Hillary Clinton to German chancellor Angela Merkel, calling her “America’s Merkel” and saw parallels to her fortunes in Merkel’s party losing regional elections in Germany on Sunday.
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Trump’s vice presidential running mate Mike Pence, the Governor of IN, said Sunday that he would release his own tax returns this week, but made it clear that Trump may keep his under wraps until after Election Day, November 8. Critics say the donation crossed ethical lines. In his view, “we can’t have someone in Oval Office who doesn’t know meaning of words “confidential” or ‘classified'”. They contradict each other.
In a rare news conference aboard her new campaign plane, Clinton said she is concerned about “credible reports about Russian government interference in our elections”.
“I think it’s quite intriguing that this activity has happened around the time Trump became the nominee”, she said.
Trump lobbed attacks of his own.
Trump ended the interview by repeating how Hillary wants to let anybody in the country, regardless of the damage they can do.
Clinton, who has had a standoffish relationship with the traveling press that covers her, spoke to reporters aboard her new campaign plane Tuesday for the second day in a row. That’s why it remains the focus of many of her advertisements and public statements. “Her conduct is disqualifying”.
“People who have nothing to hide don’t smash phones with hammers”.
Election Day is nine weeks away.
The Washington Post poll emerged as Trump broke a losing streak of 40 consecutive national surveys by major pollsters, showing Clinton with a lead in the presidential race.
Trump held a town hall gathering on national security issues in Virginia Beach on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday morning, a group of 88 retired generals and admirals signed a letter backing Trump to reverse the “hollowing out” of the USA military.
“We could’ve done a minor attack – you know, he was begging”, Trump said.
The FBI investigated Clinton’s personal email use and while FBI director James Comey called Clinton’s handling of classified information “extremely careless”, he recommended no charges in the matter. But she pointed out that it wasn’t exactly her decision. 26 in NY.
“So dark, so divisive, so risky”, Clinton said about Trump, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
She then promised to help the military by giving it the proper tools to “dismantle terror networks”, saying that “we will do everything it takes to end the Daesh’s reign of terror and bring them to justice”.
“He says he has a secret plan to defeat ISIS, but the secret is he has no plan”, Clinton told a crowd estimated at 1,500 at the University of South Florida, which is located in a community with sizable active-duty and military veteran populations.
The Clinton campaign has repeatedly attacked Trump over his grasp of foreign policy issues, scrutinizing his temperament in an effort to raise questions about how he would conduct global diplomacy.
The two also exchanged shots about national security, with Mr Trump warning that Mrs Clinton would be unable to stand up to adversaries like President Vladimir Putin of Russian Federation. The spot features veterans, including former senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.), reacting to disparaging comments Trump has made. Trump has been trying to claw back the support of veterans after a series of gaffes which Clinton was quick to use as ammo.
An analysis this week by NBC News found that based on the latest polls, there are enough “likely” or “lean” Democratic states to win Clinton 272 electoral votes and the presidency, even if Trump wins each of the six most competitive states.
Trump has some convincing to do on foreign policy.
Beyond new spending on troops and naval assets, Trump will also call for additions to sea-based missile defense.
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Earlier, Trump and Pence attended a round-table discussion with union members, where Trump warned that America’s manufacturing jobs are “going to hell”.
