In national security speech, Clinton to go after Trump's vision
SAN DIEGO, California In a speech in San Diego on Thursday morning, Hillary Clinton is set to outline "two competing visions" of American national security and foreign policy, and she will say that Donald Trump's path forward would threaten Americans' security.
"You will hear in her speech a confidence in America and our capacity to overcome the challenges we face while staying true to our values -- a strong contrast to Donald Trump's incessant trash-talking of America," said Jake Sullivan, Clinton's senior policy advisor, in a preview of Clinton's remarks provided by her campaign.
The speech in San Diego will be Clinton's fourth major address this cycle on this subject, but it will be her first time speaking about national security since Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee.
On the campaign trail, Clinton now regularly criticizes Trump for proposing that the United States pull out of NATO and for suggesting that more countries have access to nuclear weapons.
"This is not just divisive rhetoric," she said of Trump's policy ideas, speaking in New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon. "This is dangerous."
According to her campaign, Clinton will hit Trump in her remarks on specific policies but go further to lay out the reasons why Trump is "fundamentally unfit" for the Oval Office. She will contrast Trump's approach with her own experience as a senator and as Secretary of State.
"She will reflect on her experience making the tough calls and doing the hard work of protecting our country," Sullivan said. "She'll reaffirm her conviction that strong, principled American leadership makes both the United States and the world more secure."