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| Clinton calls Trump 'dangerously incoherent' as Ryan endorses – live | |
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| 8.38pm BST | |
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| That’s it for Clinton. | |
| 8.37pm BST | |
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| Clinton: 'Do we want his finger anywhere near the button?' | |
| Clinton narrates the Bin Laden raid and then says: | |
| “Imagine Donald Trump sitting in the situation room making life-and-death decisions with the lives of American soldiers... | |
| “Imagine if he had not just his Twitter account at his disposal when he’s angry, but the entire American arsenal... | |
| “Do we want his finger anywhere near the button?” | |
| “Making Donald Trump commander-in-chief would be an historic mistake.” | |
| Don’t let anybody tell you that America isn’t great. Donald Trump’s got the country all wrong. | |
| “This election is a choice between two very different visions,” Clinton says. Afraid versus hopeful, discouraged versus confident. | |
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| at 8.43pm BST | |
| 8.34pm BST | |
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| Clinton says Trump has exhibited “bigoted” behavior of the kind that undermines the American identity. | |
| “America stands up to countries that treat women like animals, or treat people of different religions, races or ethnicities as less human,” she says. | |
| “Mr Trump, every time you insult American Muslims or Mexican immigrants, remember that plenty of Muslims and immigrants serve and fight in our armed forces. | |
| “Donald Trump could learn something from them.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.43pm BST | |
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| Clinton: we cannot put soldiers' lives in Trump's hands | |
| Clinton says Trump has no plan to defeat Isis – or if he does, “he’s literally keeping it a secret. The secret of course is he has no idea what he’d do to stop Isis.” | |
| She lists three Trump proposals: make Syria a free zone for Isis; send tens of thousands of American ground troops; refused to rule out nuclear weapons. | |
| “It’s clear he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about... we can be certain that he’s capable of doing any or all of them... these are all distinct possibilites with Donald Trump in charge.” | |
| She says Trump’s “demonizing Muslims and playing right into the hands of Isis... it’s a huge propaganda victory for Isis... | |
| “A Trump presidency would embolden Isis. We cannot take that risk. This isn’t reality television, this is actual reality. | |
| “We cannot put the lives of our young men and women in uniform in Donald Trump’s hands.” | |
| “Trump says over and over again, ‘the world is laughing at us’. He’s been saying this for years.” Clinton says he took out a full-page newspaper ad in 1987 saying the world is laughing at us. | |
| “You’ve got to wonder why somebody who fundamentally has so little confidence in America, and has felt that way for 30 years, would want to be our president.” | |
| 8.27pm BST | |
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| Paul Ryan: 'I'll be voting for Donald Trump this fall' | |
| Scott Bixby | |
| Four weeks after presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump functionally clinched the party’s nomination, the highest ranking elected Republican in the country has finally endorsed him. | |
| House speaker Paul Ryan, writing in a column for his hometown Janesville Gazette, said that he is “confident [Trump] would help us turn the ideas in this agenda into laws to help improve people’s lives. That’s why I’ll be voting for him this fall.” | |
| Admitting that there is “no secret that he and I have our differences,” Ryan wrote that although he will continue to speak his mind on policy disagreements with the nominee, “we have more common ground than disagreement.” | |
| The piece - in which the word “endorse” does not appear - caps off a tense four weeks in Republican leadership, in which the speaker initially declined to endorse Trump and the real estate tycoon threatened that the House speaker would pay “a big price” if the two could not get along. In the column, Ryan cited a 12 May meeting with the presumptive Republican nominee as having made a significant difference in his willingness to support Trump. | |
| “Donald Trump and I have talked at great length about things such as the proper role of the executive and fundamental principles such as the protection of life,” Ryan wrote, emphasizing that the party’s policy agenda in Congress was “the main focus” of their dialogue. | |
| “We’ve discussed how the House can be a driver of policy ideas,” Ryan wrote. “We’ve talked about how important these reforms are to saving our country. And we’ve talked about how, by focusing on issues that unite Republicans, we can work together to heal the fissures developed through the primary.” | |
| Ryan’s oath of fealty to the candidate will likely further deflate the so-hashtagged #NeverTrump movement of Republicans who have sworn never to support the party’s nominee, a goal Ryan made explicit in a speech to reporters ahead of his meeting with Trump last month. | |
| “To pretend we’re unified as a party after coming through a very bruising primary, which just ended like a week ago, to pretend we’re unified without actually unifying, then we go into the fall at half strength,” Ryan said. | |
| “This election is too important to go into an election at half strength. That means that we need a real unification of our party. Which, look, after a tough primary that’s going to take some effort.” | |
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| Donald doesn’t understand the complexity” of trade policy, Clinton says. And his comments about “defaulting on our debt” | |
| “I don’t understand Donald’s bizarre fascination with dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.” She lists the Chinese regime, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin of Russia. | |
| I will leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants. I just wonder how anyone could be so wrong about who America’s friends are. Because it matters. | |
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| at 8.43pm BST | |
| 8.23pm BST | |
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| Clinton: no risk of loss of life 'if you blow up a golf course deal' | |
| Clinton is criticizing Trump for his criticism of the Iran nuclear deal. She says walking away amounted to a path for war. | |
| “Donald Trump doesn’t know the first thing about Iran or its nuclear program. Ask him. It’ll become very clear very quickly. | |
| “There’s no risk of people losing their lives if you blow up a golf course deal. But it doesn’t work like that in world affairs. ... | |
| “The stakes in global statecraft are infinitely higher and more complex than the world of luxury hotels.” | |
| Here’s a meta moment: Clinton acknowledges Trump brings certain tools to the table, such as “writing nasty tweets”: | |
| “I’m willing to bet he’s writing a few right now.” | |
| She’s right! | |
| Crooked Hillary no longer has credibility - too much failure in office. People will not allow another four years of incompetence! | |
| But those tools won’t do the trick. Rather than solving global crises, he would create new ones... | |
| He’s much more likely to end up leading us into conflict. | |
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| at 8.26pm BST | |
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| Trump is apparently watching Clinton. He does not sound impressed: | |
| Bad performance by Crooked Hillary Clinton! Reading poorly from the telepromter! She doesn't even look presidential! | |
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| Clinton challenges Trump on nuclear strategy | |
| Clinton describes what she describes as her foreign policy accomplishments and says she’s “proud” to run on her record. | |
| Clinton says Trump has “a lot of ideas on who to blame, but no clue on what to do.” | |
| “We need to stick with our allies,” she says, calling international relationships a key stabilizing force and “the legacy of American troops who fought and died to secure those bonds.” | |
| “If Donald gets his way, they’ll be celebrating in the Kremlin. We cannot let that happen. That’s why it is no small passing thing when he talks about leaving Nato... or calls Mexicans rapists or murderers... we’re lucky to have two friendly neighbors on our land borders. Why would he want to make one of them an enemy?” | |
| She lists what she says are Trump’s irresponsible proposals including to withdraw US troops from Japan and for Japan to have nuclear weapons. | |
| “I wonder if he even realizes he’s talking about nuclear war,” Clinton says. | |
| “What he says would weaken our country.” | |
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| Clinton: Trump 'would lead us down a truly dangerous path' | |
| Clinton is rolling through an extensive list of what she says are Trump’s flawed national security proposals and actions. | |
| “He also said, I know more about Isis than our generals do, believe me. | |
| “You know what? I don’t believe him.” | |
| “...and to top it off, he believes America is weak, an embarrassment. He called our military a disaster.. | |
| “Those are the words, my friends, of someone who doesn’t understand America, or the world. And they’re the words of someone who would lead us in the wrong direction. | |
| “Because if you really believe America is weak... then you don’t know America. And you certainly don’t deserve to lead it. | |
| “That’s why, even if I weren’t in this race, I’d be doing everything I could to prevent [a Trump presidency] because I believe he would lead us down a truly dangerous path”. | |
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| Clinton: Trump's ideas 'dangerously incoherent' | Clinton: Trump's ideas 'dangerously incoherent' |
| Clinton: | Clinton: |
| “I’m going to keep America’s security at the heart of my campaign... we’re choosing our next commander-in-chief. | “I’m going to keep America’s security at the heart of my campaign... we’re choosing our next commander-in-chief. |
| “Like many across our country... I believe the person the Republicans have nominated for president cannot do the job.” | “Like many across our country... I believe the person the Republicans have nominated for president cannot do the job.” |
| She says it simply, flatly. | She says it simply, flatly. |
| “Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different, they’re dangerously incoherent. They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies. | “Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different, they’re dangerously incoherent. They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies. |
| “He is not just unprepared. He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility. | “He is not just unprepared. He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility. |
| “He should not have the nuclear codes because it’s very easy to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because someone got under his very thin skin. | “He should not have the nuclear codes because it’s very easy to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because someone got under his very thin skin. |
| “We cannot let him roll the dice with America.” | “We cannot let him roll the dice with America.” |
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| Clinton says the election is about a choice: | Clinton says the election is about a choice: |
| “A choice between a fearful America that’s less secure and less engaged with the world, and a strong, confident America that leads to keep our country safe and out economy growing.” | “A choice between a fearful America that’s less secure and less engaged with the world, and a strong, confident America that leads to keep our country safe and out economy growing.” |