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Exclusive – Donald Trump: ‘The Real Enemy Is Hillary Clinton’

May 4, 2016

Exclusive — Donald Trump: ‘The Real Enemy Is Hillary Clinton’

by Matthew Boyle4

May 2016Washington, DC

Source: Exclusive – Donald Trump: ‘The Real Enemy Is Hillary Clinton’ – Breitbart

AP Photos

Presumptive Republican nominee for President billionaire Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday evening that “the real enemy” lies ahead in likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Trump’s interview with Breitbart News came before the polls closed in Indiana, just as he was wrapping up winning the GOP nomination for the presidency. It was still unclear whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) would officially drop out at that point, but it was becoming evident that Trump was going to lock up the nomination.

Trump called this Breitbart News exclusive interview to unify the Republican Party and to set his sights squarely on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee—saying that she is the “real enemy.”

“The real enemy is Hillary Clinton and four more years of essentially Obama,” Trump said. “The country cannot take it. Our country is not going to be able to survive four more years of incompetence and bad decision-making. As Bernie Sanders says loud and clear, Hillary Clinton suffers from bad judgment.”

Trump said Clinton’s positions in favor of bad trade deals like NAFTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership are going to weaken her in the general election, as will her opposition to securing the U.S. border with Mexico and to a strong American military. Trump went on to say:

I’m going to bring jobs back to America and Hillary has no clue as to jobs. In fact, NAFTA, which was signed by her husband, is the worst economic development deal ever signed in the history of our country—trade deal, I guess you’d call it. The worst trade deal ever signed in the history of our country. It’s cleaned out vast portions of our manufacturing businesses and more. So she can’t beat me on jobs and the economy. She can’t beat me on the border, she can’t come close on the border. She can’t beat me on the military.

Trump also told Breitbart News of his thinking when it comes to selecting a running mate, saying that his vice presidential pick will come from the political–not business–world. He said:

I don’t want to name anybody—what I would most likely be looking at, and I feel like I’d be going a little bit in reverse, in other words, I’d be going for a political person. Because I don’t need a business person, I need a political person. Somebody that can deal with the hill, that can deal with Congress and get things done, get things passed, et cetera, et cetera.

Trump’s interview came as he was expected to win big in Indiana but before his last remaining serious rival Cruz dropped out, thereby handing the nomination to Trump, who said he wanted to “close out” winning the nomination before beginning the process of selecting a running mate.

“I want to close out before I do that—I’ve very much thought about it,” Trump said when asked about the vice presidential candidate selection process. “I want to close out the two people I have now, they’re hanging by their fingernails. And I want to close this out, and once I close this out, that will be a very pleasant process. We have many great people who would do wonderful.”

Trump also said that the high Republican primary turnout—and the low Democrat turnout—is a sign he is going to win in the general election.

“It’s up more than 70 percent,” Trump said. “It’s all because of me. It’s an amazing thing, and everybody is talking about it worldwide. Millions of votes more and millions of votes ahead of Cruz, too, and Kasich. This week we’ll break the all-time record with many states left.”

Trump said he would be beating Clinton in popular votes, too, if he had had only one, non-serious competitor, as she has during the primaries.

“If I didn’t have 17 candidates, and then if I didn’t have 12, and then nine, then seven, and now—even now—we have two, and she’s only got Bernie—we would have had millions more votes than Hillary Clinton,” Trump said. “Right now, we’re about tied. If I didn’t have all these candidates—she only had Bernie—even if we had three as opposed to just two, then I would have had millions of more votes than Hillary. Millions.”

 

Gaza terrorists fire 3rd mortar at IDF troops

May 4, 2016

Gaza: Three mortar attacks in one day on IDF troops For third time Wednesday, terrorists attack IDF forces stationed along Gaza border; fourth such attack in two days.

By Ari Soffer

First Publish: 5/4/2016, 1:02 PM / Last Update: 5/4/2016, 3:13 PM

Source: Gaza terrorists fire 3rd mortar at IDF troops – Defense/Security – News – Arutz Sheva

Terrorists fire mortar shells (file) Flash 90

Terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a two mortar shells at IDF engineers operating on the Israeli side of the border Wednesday, as tensions in the south continue to rise.

The mortar strikes – which came hours after a similar attack this morning – bring the total number of similar breaches of the ceasefire by Gazan terrorists in two days to four. IDF forces returned fire at a Hamas military post in response to the second attack.

No soldiers were injured in the first attack on Wednesday, which IDF forces responded to with tank fire.

Early Tuesday evening, terrorists opened fire on IDF forces just hours after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made an impromptu visit to troops stationed at the border with Hamas-ruled Gaza.

It is not yet known which of the many terrorist factions operating in Gaza is responsible for the latest attacks. Previous attacks have either been claimed by or attributed to jihadist terror cells linked to ISIS, or Hamas’s chief Islamist rivals Islamic Jihad, as part of efforts to challenge Hamas’s rule and provoke another round of fighting with Israel.

Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup

May 4, 2016

Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup

Published time: 4 May, 2016 09:04 Edited time: 4 May, 2016 10:03

Source: Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup — RT News

© Vladimir Semenuk / Sputnik

Russia is to deploy two new divisions in the west and one in the south to counterbalance NATO’s increased military presence near Russian borders, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced.

The Defense Ministry is taking a number of measures to respond to the NATO military buildup at the Russian border,” Shoigu said on Wednesday. “Before the year’s end two new divisions will be formed in the Western Military District and one in the Southern Military District.

Earlier there were reports in the Russian media that three new divisions with 10,000 troops each may be deployed in Rostov-on-Don, the Smolensk Region and the Voronezh Region.

NATO has been sending additional forces to Poland, the Baltic States and elsewhere near Russian borders since 2014. It claimed that the deployments were necessary to build confidence of Eastern European members in the face of “Russian aggression.”

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The perceived aggression was exemplified by the example of Crimea, which seceded from Ukraine after a coup in Kiev. The former Ukrainian region voted in a referendum to join Russia, which was described as an illegal annexation through military force by the new government in Kiev and its foreign allies.

READ MORE: NATO to send 4,000 troops to border with Russia – report

Moscow rejected the reasoning and said that the alliance was using the political crisis in Ukraine to justify its existence by playing the old Russia scaremongering card.

During a top-level meeting at the ministry, Shoigu also said that Russia has rapped-up military training and production of advanced military hardware in response to the NATO threat.

Ted Cruz Suspends Presidential Campaign

May 4, 2016

Ted Cruz Suspends Presidential Campaign, Washington Free Beacon via YouTube, May 3, 2016

Full Donald Trump Indiana Primary Victory Speech

May 4, 2016

Full-Donald Trump Indiana Primary Victory Speech, Washington Free Beacon via YouTube, May 3, 2016

(Gracious, particularly to Ted Cruz who has “suspended” his campaign. As Trump said, now it’s time unite the party and to go after Hillary Clinton. — DM)

Humor | To Know Ted Cruz Is To Wish You Didn’t

May 4, 2016

To Know Ted Cruz Is To Wish You Didn’t, Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert via YouTube, May 3, 2016

 

Iran Renews Commitment to Jihad Against Israel

May 4, 2016

Iran Renews Commitment to Jihad Against Israel

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May 3, 2016 1:44 pm

Source: Iran Renews Commitment to Jihad Against Israel

Senior Iranian leaders on Tuesday renewed their commitment to violent resistance against Israel during meetings with top leaders of the Islamic Jihad terror group, according to recent remarks.

Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, held a Tuesday meeting in Tehran with Ramadan Abdullah, secretary general of the Islamic Jihad group. Following the powwow, Larijani affirmed Iran’s commitment to the terrorist fight against Israel.

“Intifada is an important opportunity for Palestine and you should endeavor to keep this stream alive and God will help you on the path of Intifada until victory,” Larijani was quoted as saying in the country’s state-controlled press.

The Islamic Jihad leader reportedly thanked the Iranian official and claimed that “Intifada is the only way for Palestinians to gain freedom and get rid of their cumbersome situation,” according to the report.

Ali Shamkhani, the secretary Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, offered similar comments on Monday supporting resistance against Israel.

“All advocates of the Palestinian cause worldwide now share the view that the only way to victory and restoration of the Palestinians’ rights is to rely on people’s determination to continue Islamic resistance,” Shamkhani was quoted as saying after his own meeting with Abdullah.