Clinton on Trump: 'A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons'


Hillary Clinton painted a grim picture of a Donald Trump presidency during her speech at the Democratic National Convention, asking the audience, "if you dare," to imagine what it would be like to have him in the Oval Office.
"Ask yourself, do you really think Donald Trump has the temperament to be commander in chief? Donald Trump can't even handle the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign," she said. "He loses his cool at the slightest provocation, when he's gotten a tough question from a reporter, when he's challenged in a debate…imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." Clinton said Trump says he'll put "America first, well, please explain, what part of America first leads him to make Trump ties in China, not Colorado? Trump suits in Mexico, not Michigan? Trump furniture in Turkey, not Ohio? Trump picture frames in India, not Wisconsin? Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again; well, he could start by actually making things in America again."
She also asked the crowd to think about what Trump did in Atlantic City, 60 miles away from Philadelphia. "You will find contractors and small businesses who lost everything because Donald Trump refused to pay his bills," she said. "But think of this: People who did the work and needed the money, not because he couldn't pay them but because he wouldn't pay them, he just stiffed them. And you know that sales pitch he's making to be president, 'put your faith in him and you'll win big?' That's the same sales pitch he made to all those small businesses. Then Trump walked away and left working people holding the bag."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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