Trump recently faced a barrage of criticism when he attacked the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier who died in Iraq in 2004.
Trump recently faced a barrage of criticism when he attacked the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier who died in Iraq in 2004.
Charlotte:
Donald Trump expressed regret on Thursday for remarks that -"may have caused personal pain-" as he sought to refocus his message in the face of falling opinion poll numbers in his first speech since a shake-up in his campaign this week.
-"Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing,-" the Republican presidential nominee told a crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina. -"I have done that, and I regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues.-"
Trump has made his -"tough talk-" and brash style a selling point of his campaign for the Nov. 8 election, rarely apologising even in the face of criticism for past remarks from within his own party.
Trump recently faced a barrage of criticism when he attacked the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier. Khizr Khan, the father of Army Captain Humayun Khan who died in Iraq in 2004, had criticized Trump at the Democratic National Convention last month.
Facing a polling deficit against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump has tried to reset his campaign, announcing on Wednesday a shake-up of his senior campaign staff. In the past week, Trump has abandoned his free-wheeling style of campaigning, instead using a teleprompter at every rally.
Trump's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, promised on Thursday the volatile Republican presidential candidate would stick to a more disciplined and uplifting message to voters in the final dash to Election Day without crimping his freewheeling style.
Conway said the candidate's White House bid could preserve his -"authenticity-" and still move past a long string of controversies to focus on issues.
-"We would like to take an uplifting, optimistic, policy-centric message directly to the American people,-" Conway told CBS's -"This Morning-" show, adding she was confident the former reality television star could stick to a sharper message.
