Hillary Clinton: US is at “war” against “radical jihadist” groups

Trump on Thursday abruptly postponed his announcement, scheduled for Friday, citing the deadly truck attack in France, but Republican sources said his choice was expected to be Indiana Governor Mike Pence.

“In light of the awful attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow’s news conference concerning my Vice Presidential announcement”, Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday afternoon.

The two major party candidates’ responses again highlighted the sharp differences in their foreign policy stances, with Trump reiterating his belief that the US needs to be “tough” in its response to terrorism.

O’Reilly said that if the attack in France is terrorism, “I believe it’s a world war now”.

He added: “This is war, coming from all different parts and frankly it’s war and we are dealing with people without uniforms”.

Trump told Fox television he would be prepared to declare war on unspecified terrorists and commit North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops in a “world war”.

In calls to both Fox and CNN, Clinton also characterized the fight against the Islamic State group as “war”.

Scores of people were killed in the French southern resort city when a lorry drove on to a pavement, ploughing through a crowd of Bastille Day revellers who had gathered to watch fireworks. In the old days, we would have uniforms.

“I would be so extreme in terms of documentation”, the presumptive GOP presidential candidate said. “This is war”, Trump replied.

“It’s clear we are at war with these terrorist groups and what they represent”.

The billionaire agreed again and said, “This is war”.

“We’re at war against radical jihadists who use Islam to recruit and radicalize others in order to pursue their evil agenda”, Clinton responded. Places that we know money and fighters come out of, and to get them to make more commitments to deal with what they, themselves, have not stopped within their borders.

“I would not short-circuit the vetting process”, Clinton said.

Other notable political figures stood in solidarity with those affected by the attack.

“I would not allow people to come in from terrorist nations”.