Obama says Trump not qualified to be president

“I do not think the guy’s qualified to be president of the United States and every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed”, Obama said in what was an unusually caustic comment about the US presidential contest while he was traveling overseas.

“We saw more evidence that he is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief”, Clinton said of Trump, accusing him of “trash talking” USA military leaders.

“You actually have to know what you are talking about and you actually have to have done your homework”.

“I’m asking to be judged on the totality of my record”, said Clinton, who grew visibly irritated at times with the repeated focus on her past actions.

During the forum, Clinton faced questions about her private email server, her judgment and her vote as a Senator from NY for the Iraq War while her opponent, Donald Trump, was quizzed about his plan to combat ISIS and whether his administration would allow undocumented immigrants to serve in the military. He said Russian Federation and the United States have a joint interest in defeating Islamic State jihadists.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with “Today” show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. The Republican also said that, if elected, he would give military leaders 30 days to formulate a multi-pronged plan to defeat ISIS.

She also defended her answer Wednesday night that she would “never” support sending US ground troops into Iraq.

“Hillary Clinton is always complaining about what’s wrong”, he said during a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio.

As a major party candidate, Trump has received confidential intelligence briefings meant to ensure that the next leader is conversant when their term begins. Both candidates believe that they have the upper hand, with Clinton contrasting her experience with Trump’s unpredictability and the Republican arguing that Americans who are anxious about their safety will be left with more of the same if they elect Obama’s former secretary of state. “In nearly every instance, I could tell – I’m pretty good with the body language – they were not happy”. “If you are running to be leader of the free world and you find admiration for Putin, well then you’re losing me”.

“I think [Trump] ought to begin every statement about Russian Federation by saying Putin is an evil man”, Hewitt said Friday on MSNBC. “I’m a negotiator. It’s not going to have any impact”.

The Democrat was repeatedly challenged on her controversial email use at the State Department and her vote as a senator for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Clinton was meeting in NY with a group of former national security officials and mostly ignored Trump in her remarks afterward. The group will meet at the New York Historical Society in Manhattan.

The FBI has said it believes hackers linked to Russian intelligence services were behind recent breaches into the Democratic National Committee, as well as the theft and subsequent leaking of thousands of emails belonging to Clinton. “I have taken responsibility for my decision”.