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Hillary Clinton to Rachel Maddow: ‘I do believe Trump admires authoritarians’
Global News ^ | September 15, 2017 | Jessica Vomiero

Posted on 09/14/2017 10:57:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary Clinton sat down with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Thursday night as part of a book tour for her recently-published memoir What Happened.

Viewers tuned in as Clinton discussed the election, her thoughts on the presidency of her former campaign opponent Donald Trump, and the current political climate around issues like North Korea, DACA and the Russia investigation.

What Happened is a memoir in which Clinton gives her account of the 2016 presidential election. An interview with Clinton by New Yorker editor David Remnick called it “much closer to the bone than anything Clinton has ever published.”

She has written five other books.

Clinton has done several interviews leading up to the publishing of her latest book, including with TIME, Vox, MSNBC and others.

Many have seen these conversations as a chance for Clinton to speak, unfiltered, about her experience in last year’s election. In an interview with CNN Wednesday, Clinton suggested that it was time to do away with the electoral college, which is the reason she lost the presidency while winning the popular vote.

Maddow opened the interview by asking Clinton about how the Trump administration is dealing with the North Korea threat.

“We know we can’t get anything done in this very threatening situation if we don’t work with our allies,” Clinton said.

She explained how she’s concerned about the Trump administration alienating American allies like South Korea, while failing to bring in the necessary experts to inform them on the issue.

“We have decimated our state department,” she explained.

Clinton went on to say that she doesn’t believe that people who have decades of experience with North Korean diplomacy are being brought to the table, “even though they should be.”

“I kept waiting for the ‘aha’ moment,” she said, where Trump’s officials would call in knowledgeable experts who could inform them on the issues, though she said the moment has yet to come.

During the interview, as well as in several others, Clinton addressed the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 American presidential election and connections between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I do believe Trump admires authoritarians,” Clinton said. “He doesn’t just like Putin, he wants to be like Putin. He wants to have that kind of power that is largely unaccountable.”

The conversation with Maddow quickly turned to Trump’s handling of the Russia investigation after he took office.

Maddow asked Clinton whether her speaking out against Putin rigging the Russian election in his favour back in 2011 may have set him on a path against her.

She retorted that, rather, Putin wanted to “destabilize democracy.” She added that “a president that wanted to be a president of all of the country would be investigating what Russia did to us.”

The interview aired live on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show on Thursday evening.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: hillary; trump
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1 posted on 09/14/2017 10:57:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And Hillary, an Alinskyite, doesn’t?

It is more likely that SHE admires authoritarians and projects that onto others no matter what they may admire.


2 posted on 09/14/2017 10:59:40 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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She has written five other books. Well, if you count paying a ghost writer to write a book which your name is slapped upon.


3 posted on 09/14/2017 11:02:06 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Given that Trump doesn’t like Hillary, I’d say no.


4 posted on 09/14/2017 11:03:36 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Rurudyne

Gee whiz, Hillary makes Huma call her “Mein Fuhrer” when they’re in flagrante delicto.


5 posted on 09/14/2017 11:05:27 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary also believes she is 14 pts ahead.

And that a video caused the Benghazi attack.


6 posted on 09/14/2017 11:12:23 PM PDT by NoLibZone (He's racist,homophobic,misogynist and has a concealed carry permit- God how I adore that man!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So she’s saying Trump admires Hillary? She’w an authoritarian


7 posted on 09/14/2017 11:29:10 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“He wants to have that kind of power that is largely unaccountable.”

Not just projection, but the zenith of projection.


8 posted on 09/14/2017 11:30:54 PM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Says the lady with the closet full of Mao jackets.


9 posted on 09/14/2017 11:41:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, because in Hillary’s world, nothing is more admirable than Hillary....


10 posted on 09/15/2017 12:14:03 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Doubtful.

On the other hand, what liberal/progressive/commie doesn't admire authoritarians? Their whole philosophy is built around telling other people what to do, from the soap people can put into their laundry, to what thoughts are permissible. The Left is Big Brother.
 

11 posted on 09/15/2017 1:16:14 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He gave a lot of money to Hillary, so I guess he does admire authoritarians.


12 posted on 09/15/2017 1:19:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Even a blind hog, etc.


13 posted on 09/15/2017 3:26:07 AM PDT by Tax-chick (A fried egg on toast is what I want most.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump soesn't like all authoritarians. he doesn't like Mrs Bill.
14 posted on 09/15/2017 3:40:21 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

... this from the serving Secretary of State in an administration that ‘admires’ Fidel Castro, and a leading member of a Party, some of whom play footsie with the Sandanistas & Hugo Chavez. Project much, Hillary?


15 posted on 09/15/2017 3:45:23 AM PDT by Tallguy (Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Haven’t heard any rumors about Trump and family abusing the help....


16 posted on 09/15/2017 3:48:54 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I seem to remember Obama lamenting– with his own mouth– that he did not have the ability to impose his will like the Chinese have.


17 posted on 09/15/2017 3:51:40 AM PDT by IncPen (Put the 'climate researchers' under oath and have them explain their findings. Then we'll talk.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When oh when is this piece of filth going to be off the planet?


18 posted on 09/15/2017 4:31:19 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary is a bitter old skank. First she was beat out by a Kenyan and then she was beat out by the biggest under dog in political history. Being deprived of being the first (well maybe) woman president is US History, after all we are not sure about 0bungler’s gender


19 posted on 09/15/2017 4:36:43 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So, is Hillary saying that Trump admires her?


20 posted on 09/15/2017 4:37:26 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Beer! Because you can't drink bacon!)
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