Donald Trump launched a massive attack on a Hillary Clinton presidency Wednesday, calling the Democratic nominee "the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency" and saying her foreign policy "cost America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars and unleashed ISIS across the world."
In his 40-minute speech in New York City in front of a slew of supporters often halted by standing ovations, Trump picked apart Clinton's candidacy one issue at a time:
- Clinton has "perfected the politics of personal profit and even theft."
- "Her leadership style volcanic impulsive, disdainful and disdainful of the rules."
- Clinton needs to go to "prison to pay for the crimes that she's already committed against our country."
- Clinton "gets rich making you poor."
- Clinton's decisions as Secretary of State "spread death, destruction and terrorism everywhere she touched."
But in perhaps his strongest assertion, Trump ripped Clinton for failing to disclose 1,000 foreign donations.
"Hillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the United States," Trump said to a near two-minute standing ovation.
Further, Trump said Clinton had her shot to show her fabric to be president, and she blew it.
"Hillary Clinton's tryout for the presidency has produced one deadly foreign policy disaster after another," Trump said. "She's virtually done nothing good. It all started with her bad judgment in supporting the war in Iraq in the first place."
Trump excoriated Clinton's handling of Benghazi, the event that cost the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
"Among the victims of our late ambassador Chris Stevens, I mean, what she did with him was absolutely horrible. He was left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed," Trump said. "Ambassador Stevens and his staff in Libya made hundreds and hundreds of requests for security. … The Hillary Clinton State Department refused them all. She started the war that put them in Libya, denied him the security he asked for then left him there to die."
Trump wasn't through with Clinton's tenure at the State Department.
"The Hillary Clinton foreign policy cost America thousands of lives and trillions and trillions of dollars and unleashed ISIS across the world," Trump said. "No secretary of state has been more wrong, more often and in more places than Hillary Clinton. Her decisions spread death, destruction and terrorism everywhere she touched."
Trump detailed how Clinton's immigration policy has and would cause more destruction.
"ISIS threatens us today because of the decisions Hillary Clinton has made along with president Obama," Trump said. "ISIS also threatens peaceful Muslims across the Middle East and peaceful Muslims across the world who have been terribly victimized by horrible brutality and only want to raise kids in peace and safety."
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