Donald Trump earned the endorsement
of 88 retired generals and admirals in an open letter released Tuesday, as the
Republican nominee looks to solidify support in the military community against
Hillary Clinton in November.
The Republican nominee's campaign
unveiled the letter,
organized by Major Gen. Sidney Shachnow, a 40-year Army veteran and Holocaust
survivor, and Rear Admiral Charles Williams, ahead of a speech on veterans
affairs in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Shachnow declared that Trump
"has the temperament to commander-in-chief," while Williams called
the Republican nominee "more trusted" than Clinton.
In the letter, the retired military
leaders warned of the "potentially extremely perilous" combination of
budget cuts and policy choices will "emboldened" enemies of the
country as a result of those actions.
"That is especially the case if
our government persists in the practices that have brought us to this present
pass," they wrote in the letter. "For this reason, we support Donald
Trump and his commitment to rebuild our military, to secure our borders, to
defeat our Islamic supremacist adversaries and restore law and order
domestically. We urge our fellow Americans to do the same."
Trump called the endorsements a
"great honor" in a statement released by the campaign. “I thank each
of them for their service and their confidence in me to serve as
commander-in-chief," Trump said. "Keeping our nation safe and leading
our armed forces is the most important responsibility of the presidency.
Under my administration, we will end
the weak foreign policy of the last eight years, rebuild our military, give our
troops clear rules of engagement and take care of our veterans when they come
home. We can only Make America Great Again if we ensure our military remains
the finest fighting force in the world, and that’s exactly what I will do as
president.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/retired-generals-admirals-endorse-trump-227755
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