Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign accused Donald Trump on Sunday of caring more about how Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union would benefit his financial bottom line than how it
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign accused Donald Trump on Sunday of caring more about how Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union would benefit his financial bottom line than how it would impact the US economy.
Ms Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook acknowledged parallels between the populist anger and anti-establishment fervour that fuelled the Brexit vote and Mr Trump’s rise to the nomination, but said the Republican candidate's reaction showed he was not fit to occupy the White House.
“Hillary Clinton looks at this through the lens of how it's going to affect middle-class families, Mr Donald Trump through the lens of how it will help his bottom line,” Mr Mook said on Fox News Sunday.
Without mentioning Mr Trump by name, Ms Clinton also warned that “bombastic comments in turbulent times can actually cause more turbulence” in a speech to a conference of city mayors in Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon.
Her campaign released a national television advertisement earlier in the day, which featured the wealthy real estate developer's comments on Friday that the fall of the British currency after the Brexit vote could mean more business for his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, where he was speaking.
“Every president is tested by world events, but Mr Donald Trump thinks about how his golf resort can profit from them,” said the 30-second video.
Besides his currency comments, Mr Trump had praised the Brexit result as an example of people “taking their country back”. He responded to the advertisement on Sunday by saying Ms Clinton, whose staff had said she supported the United Kingdom remaining in the union, had poor judgment.
-"Clinton is trying to wash away her bad judgment call on BREXIT with big dollar ads,-" ran a message on his Twitter account. -"Disgraceful!-"
Paul Manafort, campaign manager for Trump, rejected what he called a -"phony-" charge by Clinton and said Trump was more in sync with the global economic frustration exemplified by the Brexit vote. In contrast, the Clinton ad showed her campaign's -"tone deafness-" by focusing on things the American people did not care about, he said in an NBC interview.
In her speech on Sunday, Clinton said the United States and the United Kingdom were different -"economically, politically, demographically,-" but still drew some parallels between the mood of American and British voters.
-"Just as we have seen, there are many frustrated people in Britain, we know there are frustrated people here at home, too,-" she said. -"I have seen it, I've heard it, I know it.-"
