jimnyc
05-01-2016, 02:27 PM
'Crooked Hillary'
Trump’s branding of his rivals has been lethal so far.
His attacks against Jeb Bush for being “low energy” haunted the former Florida governor. Trump also counts “Little Marco” Rubio as a vanquished foe, and he has delighted in explaining to supporters that there is no “g” in “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz.
With “Crooked Hillary,” Trump has a nickname for his rival that could encompass decades of controversies surrounding Bill and Hillary Clinton, from Whitewater to foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation.
But the main focus here will likely be Clinton’s use of a personal email account and server as secretary of State.
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The woman card
Clinton will be looking to embrace the historic possibility of becoming the first woman president. Trump will be seeking to make that into a liability for her.
This week, Trump alleged that Clinton’s gender is the extent of her appeal. He accused her of playing “the woman’s card” and said that if “Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote.”
That could be a tough sell from a candidate who has been accused of being a misogynist.
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Physical health and conditioning
Trump has not shied away from attacks against his rivals’ physical appearance, whether it’s Rand Paul’s height, Marco Rubio’s sweat, John Kasich’s eating style or Carly Fiorina’s face.
When it comes to 68-year-old Clinton, the 69-year-old Trump plans to frame his younger rival as too old, too weak and too tired for one of the world’s most demanding jobs.
“Hillary Clinton does not have the stamina … does not have the strength to be president,” Trump said on CNN earlier this month.
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Foreign Policy
Trump lashed out at Clinton on national security and defense in his much-anticipated foreign policy speech in Washington this week.
The GOP front-runner said that “the legacy of the Obama-Clinton interventions will be weakness, confusion and disarray.”
He blasted Clinton for refusing to use the term “radical Islam;” condemned the “failed intervention in Libya,” and said the former secretary of State was responsible for a “reckless, rudderless and aimless foreign policy” that had “blazed a path of destruction in its wake.”
Those attacks are likely to continue.
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Trade
U.S. global trade deals have been one of the surprise issues of the cycle in both parties.
Sanders has railed against the “disastrous trade deals” he says have cost the nation jobs and decimated the working class.
The trade deals have also been a linchpin of Trump’s message. He has sought to regionalize the issue at rallies across the country, pointing to local companies that have fled the U.S. for tax shelters abroad.
Trump will likely hammer Hillary Clinton for NAFTA, the 1990s trade pact signed by Bill Clinton.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/278220-five-ways-trump-will-attack-clinton
Trump’s branding of his rivals has been lethal so far.
His attacks against Jeb Bush for being “low energy” haunted the former Florida governor. Trump also counts “Little Marco” Rubio as a vanquished foe, and he has delighted in explaining to supporters that there is no “g” in “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz.
With “Crooked Hillary,” Trump has a nickname for his rival that could encompass decades of controversies surrounding Bill and Hillary Clinton, from Whitewater to foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation.
But the main focus here will likely be Clinton’s use of a personal email account and server as secretary of State.
-----
The woman card
Clinton will be looking to embrace the historic possibility of becoming the first woman president. Trump will be seeking to make that into a liability for her.
This week, Trump alleged that Clinton’s gender is the extent of her appeal. He accused her of playing “the woman’s card” and said that if “Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote.”
That could be a tough sell from a candidate who has been accused of being a misogynist.
-----
Physical health and conditioning
Trump has not shied away from attacks against his rivals’ physical appearance, whether it’s Rand Paul’s height, Marco Rubio’s sweat, John Kasich’s eating style or Carly Fiorina’s face.
When it comes to 68-year-old Clinton, the 69-year-old Trump plans to frame his younger rival as too old, too weak and too tired for one of the world’s most demanding jobs.
“Hillary Clinton does not have the stamina … does not have the strength to be president,” Trump said on CNN earlier this month.
-----
Foreign Policy
Trump lashed out at Clinton on national security and defense in his much-anticipated foreign policy speech in Washington this week.
The GOP front-runner said that “the legacy of the Obama-Clinton interventions will be weakness, confusion and disarray.”
He blasted Clinton for refusing to use the term “radical Islam;” condemned the “failed intervention in Libya,” and said the former secretary of State was responsible for a “reckless, rudderless and aimless foreign policy” that had “blazed a path of destruction in its wake.”
Those attacks are likely to continue.
-----
Trade
U.S. global trade deals have been one of the surprise issues of the cycle in both parties.
Sanders has railed against the “disastrous trade deals” he says have cost the nation jobs and decimated the working class.
The trade deals have also been a linchpin of Trump’s message. He has sought to regionalize the issue at rallies across the country, pointing to local companies that have fled the U.S. for tax shelters abroad.
Trump will likely hammer Hillary Clinton for NAFTA, the 1990s trade pact signed by Bill Clinton.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/278220-five-ways-trump-will-attack-clinton