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| Clinton and Trump preview foreign policy points at forum – campaign live | Clinton and Trump preview foreign policy points at forum – campaign live |
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| 2.49pm BST | |
| 14:49 | |
| First question for Clinton: Why aren’t you winning by more? | |
| “I’ve always thought this was going to be a close election. That’s why we’ve put an organization in place... | |
| “And I feel that we’re in a strong position.. but we’re not taking any place, anyone for granted.” | |
| 2.48pm BST | |
| 14:48 | |
| Clinton says she has “a very different vision for how we keep our country safe and strong.” | |
| “Even with all of the attention being paid to the campaign, we cannot forget how important this decision is. This weekend is the 15th anniversary of 9/11. I will never forget the horror of that day. But neither will I forget” first responders and families and victims. | |
| She says she was thinking of 9/11 in the situation room during the raid on Osama Bin Laaden. | |
| That’s the kind of commander in chief I will be, she says. Who will keep common purpose. | |
| 2.46pm BST | |
| 14:46 | |
| Clinton, all quotes: | |
| “Last night was yet another test, and Donald Trump failed yet again... he trashed talked American generals, saying they would quote be “reduced to rubble”. He suggested he’d fire them... | |
| That’s how he talks about distinguished men and women who have spent their lives serving our country... | |
| Meanwhile, bizarrely once again... even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the Russian president to our American president. | |
| It is scary. Because it suggests he would let Putin do whatever he wants to do... I was just thinking | |
| What would Ronald Reagan say about a Republican nominee who attacks America’s generals and heaps praise on Russia’s president? | |
| Take the oil? .. The United States does not invade other countries to plunder and pillage... and that doesn’t get into the absurdity of what it would involve.” | |
| 2.43pm BST | |
| 14:43 | |
| Clinton holds news conference | |
| Here’s live video: | |
| 1.28pm BST | 1.28pm BST |
| 13:28 | 13:28 |
| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared back-to-back on TV Wednesday night to take questions about foreign policy, veterans’ affairs and, in Clinton’s case, her emails. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared back-to-back on TV Wednesday night to take questions about foreign policy, veterans’ affairs and, in Clinton’s case, her emails. |
| Clinton was criticized for not getting to her points quickly enough for the tight format. Trump was criticized for not having any points to make, instead ordering “off his familiar campaign menu of word salads”, as Guardian national security editor Spencer Ackerman writes: | Clinton was criticized for not getting to her points quickly enough for the tight format. Trump was criticized for not having any points to make, instead ordering “off his familiar campaign menu of word salads”, as Guardian national security editor Spencer Ackerman writes: |
| He lied about opposing the Iraq war, criticized Obama’s 2011 withdrawal and repeated his now-boilerplate advocacy of stealing Iraq’s oil – a measure that he evidently believes would require a minimal force presence, despite the certainty that the well-armed locals might have a problem with their principal source of wealth being plundered by a foreign power. | He lied about opposing the Iraq war, criticized Obama’s 2011 withdrawal and repeated his now-boilerplate advocacy of stealing Iraq’s oil – a measure that he evidently believes would require a minimal force presence, despite the certainty that the well-armed locals might have a problem with their principal source of wealth being plundered by a foreign power. |
| Speaking before an audience of veterans, Trump unexpectedly attacked the current generation of generals and flag officers. The current senior officer corps has been “reduced to rubble”, Trump said, and were “embarrassing for our country”. While previously Trump had said he knew better than the generals about fighting Isis, this time he intimated that he’d get “different generals” – a habit more typical of caudillos than American presidents. | Speaking before an audience of veterans, Trump unexpectedly attacked the current generation of generals and flag officers. The current senior officer corps has been “reduced to rubble”, Trump said, and were “embarrassing for our country”. While previously Trump had said he knew better than the generals about fighting Isis, this time he intimated that he’d get “different generals” – a habit more typical of caudillos than American presidents. |
| He followed up by saying his ultimate plan to defeat Isis would be some parts of his still-unspecified plan, and some parts of his unspecified generals’ unspecified plan. He waved away his lack of specifics for a war in which 5,000 US troops are currently serving as not wishing to “broadcast” his plans to the enemy. | He followed up by saying his ultimate plan to defeat Isis would be some parts of his still-unspecified plan, and some parts of his unspecified generals’ unspecified plan. He waved away his lack of specifics for a war in which 5,000 US troops are currently serving as not wishing to “broadcast” his plans to the enemy. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Clinton campaign manager Mook on forum: Trump didn't come prepared to answer the questions https://t.co/KxWnxoqbGz | Clinton campaign manager Mook on forum: Trump didn't come prepared to answer the questions https://t.co/KxWnxoqbGz |
| after Robby Mook appeared on @Morning_Joe, @JoeNBC said they invited top Trump people on the show, and they didnt offer anyone. | after Robby Mook appeared on @Morning_Joe, @JoeNBC said they invited top Trump people on the show, and they didnt offer anyone. |
| Powell counseled Clinton on how to avoid ‘state department servers’ | Powell counseled Clinton on how to avoid ‘state department servers’ |
| The House of Representatives on Wednesday released never-before-seen correspondence between former secretary of state Colin Powell and Clinton in which Powell tells Clinton how he used personal computer with a dedicated land line “so I could communicate with a wide range of friends directly without going through the State Department servers” and advises her to “be very careful” about using a personal advice because her correspondence could become a matter of public record. | The House of Representatives on Wednesday released never-before-seen correspondence between former secretary of state Colin Powell and Clinton in which Powell tells Clinton how he used personal computer with a dedicated land line “so I could communicate with a wide range of friends directly without going through the State Department servers” and advises her to “be very careful” about using a personal advice because her correspondence could become a matter of public record. |
| The emails seemed to contradict past Powell statements in which he downplayed his role in advising Clinton about using private email. | The emails seemed to contradict past Powell statements in which he downplayed his role in advising Clinton about using private email. |
| Here’s the exchange: | Here’s the exchange: |
| The full back and forth between Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell is here. And wow. pic.twitter.com/jHKpEbTS8W | The full back and forth between Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell is here. And wow. pic.twitter.com/jHKpEbTS8W |
| Obama predicts Trump loss | Obama predicts Trump loss |
| Closing out his final presidential trip to Asia on Thursday, Barack Obama said that Trump proves he isn’t qualified to be president “every time he speaks” and predicted Trump will lose, AP reports: | Closing out his final presidential trip to Asia on Thursday, Barack Obama said that Trump proves he isn’t qualified to be president “every time he speaks” and predicted Trump will lose, AP reports: |
| He urged Americans not to allow the “outrageous behavior” seen amid the campaign-season din to become the new normal. | He urged Americans not to allow the “outrageous behavior” seen amid the campaign-season din to become the new normal. |
| “The most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and follow up and ask questions to what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or outright whacky ideas,” Obama said. | “The most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and follow up and ask questions to what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or outright whacky ideas,” Obama said. |
| A new Morning Consult poll of tens of thousands of voters nationally supports a 50-state Washington Post poll from earlier this week, depicting a strong position for Clinton: | A new Morning Consult poll of tens of thousands of voters nationally supports a 50-state Washington Post poll from earlier this week, depicting a strong position for Clinton: |
| NEW Morning Consult 50-State Poll Has Clinton Beating Trump 321-195 in electoral votes https://t.co/rNCg9qyrd6 pic.twitter.com/0beo10juZD | NEW Morning Consult 50-State Poll Has Clinton Beating Trump 321-195 in electoral votes https://t.co/rNCg9qyrd6 pic.twitter.com/0beo10juZD |
| Trump is scheduled to visit Cleveland today, while Clinton will campaign in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Kansas City, Missouri. | Trump is scheduled to visit Cleveland today, while Clinton will campaign in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |