Well worth reading the full article, but here are some snippets...
Obama: Trump is ‘unfit to serve as president’
washingtonpost.com
...“The notion that he would attack a Gold Star family that made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia, means that he is woefully unprepared to do this job,” Obama said at the White House, during a news conference with the prime minister of Singapore....
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But the broadsides have also focused on the nominee’s comments about foreign relations, including his apparent ignorance of Russia’s annexaton of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea in 2014 and his appeal to Russian actors to expose Clinton’s emails.
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“In his latest foray of insults, Mr. Trump has attacked the parents of a slain U.S. soldier,” Hanna wrote. “Where do we draw the line? I thought it would have been when he alleged that U.S. Sen. John McCain was not a war hero because he was caught. Or the countless other insults he’s proudly lobbed from behind the Republican presidential podium. For me, it is not enough to simply denounce his comments: He is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country.”
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Yet they show that Trump’s delicate alliance with party leaders, rather than improving as the campaign wears on, is continuing to fray. The desertions also reveal the painful internal divide over how the party should handle a nominee with little apparent loyalty to other Republicans. On Monday, for instance, Trump he tweeted words of thanks to Paul Nehlen, who is challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan in the Republican primary in his Wisconsin House district this month. |
