TIL Desk/World/Washington-Taking a dig at her Republican rival Donald Trump, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said the race to the White House is real business and not “reality TV”. “This is not reality TV. This is real. It’s as real as it gets. So we’re going to get the economy working for everybody, not just those at the top,” Clinton, 68, said yesterday.
“We’re going to keep America safe, provide strong, steady leadership, and we are going to bring our country together across the divides that have pitted Americans against each other,” she told her supporters in North Carolina. In her speech, a confident Clinton alleged that Trump during the debate said he would not honour the commitment the country has made with its friends and allies. “Words matter. And last night it sounded like he was basically telling our treaty allies in Asia, ‘Hey, we’re not sure we’re going to be there for you even though we have a mutual defense treaty’,” she said.
“People start to doubt America’s word, America’s intention. I felt like I had to jump in and say, ‘I just want to be clear. We will honour our treaties. We will support our allies and our partners,” she asserted. Clinton faced Trump in the first of the series of three presidential debates yesterday. “We have two different visions here. I believe we are stronger together. That is at the core of what I’ve done over my years in advocacy and public service,” she said.