TRUMP ON TERROR – AT 10:45 A.M. ET:   It may be vulgar to talk politics at a time like this, with bombs going off, but we are in the midst of a presidential campaign with only a week to go before the first debate.   The candidates are talking terror, and Donald is coming out way ahead.  From Fox: 

Donald Trump revived his calls for tightening immigration following a rapid-fire succession of terror attacks involving foreign-born suspects spanning from Minnesota to New York and New Jersey, describing the threat as “cancer from within.”

The Republican presidential nominee, in an interview Monday morning with Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” pointed to the latest threat in doubling down on his criticism of his Democratic opponent wanting to boost refugee admissions.

“Hillary Clinton wants to allow hundreds of thousands of these same people,” Trump said.

Trump has called for “extreme vetting” for U.S.-bound immigrants and for a temporary suspension of all immigration from certain countries with a history of terror – proposals his critics have blasted as overly broad.

The Obama administration, meanwhile, wants to boost the total number of refugees to the U.S. next year to 110,000, a nearly 30 percent increase. Clinton specifically wants to increase the number of Syrian refugee admissions from 10,000 to 65,000.

Trump questioned whether refugees can be property vetted.

Clinton also addressed the attacks, speaking to reporters Monday on the tarmac at Westchester Airport in New York.

“This threat is real, but so is our resolve,” Clinton said.

She said she supports “tough vetting” but noted that millions of “law-abiding” Muslims and other naturalized citizens are in the country. “Let us be vigilant, but not afraid,” she said.

COMMENT:  Trump has proposals, no matter how controversial.  Clinton speaks in clichés.  The polls should be very interesting this week, in light of the resurfacing of terror.

September 19, 2016