If
you only read one thing: Donald Trump doubled-down on his statements of
praise for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin Thursday, as his campaign
and running-mate praise the authoritarian leader as superior to
President Obama.
If you only read one thing: Donald Trump
doubled-down on his statements of praise for Russian strongman Vladimir
Putin Thursday, as his campaign and running-mate praise the
authoritarian leader as superior to President Obama. Trump followed that
up with an appearance on RT, the Russian-government’s English-language
network, in which he criticized the U.S. media and again raised doubts
about the fairness of the U.S. election process. His comments came as
the FBI stepped up its outreach to states to prevent potential election
intrusions as intelligence officials investigate increasingly aggressive
and sophisticated hacking attacks believed to be part of a
Russian-government effort to influence the U.S. election. Meanwhile,
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said the campaign was doing a
favor for the RT host Larry King, Trump’s personal friend, and didn’t
realize it would be broadcast on the network. Oops.
Trump also spent much of Thursday maintaining that he has always been
opposed to the Iraq War—a statement that is so demonstrably false even
he struggled with it. The GOP nominee pushed aside an interview with
radio host Howard Stern in which he backed the invasion, claiming he
“superseded” those comments more than a year later after the invasion
began with ones opposing the effort. That’s not how things work. But
regardless, Trump sees some benefit in keeping the issue alive, as it
brings back Hillary Clinton’s own vote in favor of the Iraq War and slow
path toward admitting it was a mistake. The issue, which featured
heavily in the 2008 Democratic primary, remains a sore spot for Clinton
and Trump is hoping to use it to tarnish her foreign policy credentials.
After months of aggressively negative campaigning against Trump,
Hillary Clinton is taking a turn for the positive with a new
direct-to-camera ad
Friday designed to highlight her problem solving record. It comes as
Clinton is preparing to give a series of more hopeful speeches, as she
looks to bolster her own approval ratings—which took a dive amid new
email revelations over the last several weeks.
The collapse of Trump’s D.C. policy shop. Melania Trump has vanished
from the campaign trail. And Joe Biden criticizes congressional
inaction. Here are your must reads: Must Reads Donald Trump Again Claims That He Opposed the Iraq War Disputing the indisputable [TIME] Trump, Clinton: Commanders in Cheese TIME’s Joe Klein on the state of the debate Hillary Clinton’s Team Aims for a More Positive Message Democratic candidate, on attack of late, is advised to pivot and give people reasons to back her [Wall Street Journal] Donald Trump’s Campaign Stands By Embrace of Putin Campaign rushes to defend candidate [New York Times] U.S. Voting System So ‘Clunky’ It Is Insulated From Hacking, FBI Director Says James Comey points to system’s dispersal over 50 states, no centralized computer system [Wall Street Journal]
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