Hillary Clinton Attacks Donald Trump In Foreign Policy Speech - The Atlantic - 0 views
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Contrasting her track record as secretary of state with Trump’s lack of foreign-policy experience, Clinton made the case that the presumptive Republican nominee is, above all, unqualified to be president.
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proudsa on 03 Jun 16This seems to be the part that voters are regularly forgetting.
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Her speech, delivered in San Diego, portrayed Trump, by turns, as menacing, reckless, comical, even p
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But it remains unclear whether voters want a candidate, like Clinton, who can deploy careful, nuanced national-security arguments, or if they prefer a candidate, like Trump, whose approach to foreign policy frequently appears to be grounded in gut instinct.
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It is unclear if Clinton’s arguments will resonate with Republican voters who have rallied around Trump’s brash promises to protect America, seemingly at any cost.
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It is impossible to predict exactly how Clinton or Trump would engage in diplomacy, or retreat from it, if elected president.
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In a general election that pits Clinton against Trump, voters may have to decide what they find more appealing: an established track record or a relatively unknown quantity who brings with him the promise of brute force.