Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Obama to argue Trump fails 'commander-in-chief' test

Philadelphia (AFP) - US President Barack Obama will spearhead a Democratic effort to paint Donald Trump as unfit to be commander-in-chief Wednesday, hoping to capitalize on the mogul's missteps in an escalating scandal about alleged Russian spying.

Trump courted outrage as Democrats gathered in Philadelphia for day three of their national convention by encouraging Moscow to hack the email of his election rival Hillary Clinton.

Obama will be one of a string of Democratic national security heavyweights -- from former CIA director Leon Panetta to Vice President Joe Biden -- who will appear before the convention to explicitly and implicitly question Trump's temperament .... https://www.yahoo.com