Dallas Morning News: Trump threatens nat'l security w- comments about Russia hacking Clinton's email

Editorial: Trump threatens national security with comments about Russia hacking Hillary Clinton's email

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Debating what Clinton should or shouldn't have done with her emails is fair political game. Wishing that a foreign power compromise the United States, even if in jest, jeopardizes national security.

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Words have meaning. The world is listening. And what the world is hearing is a man demonstrating that he is unfit to sit in the Oval Office.

Regardless of how Trump says he meant it, a presidential candidate seeming to bless a foreign power and adversary to spy on the United States and a political rival is plainly outrageous. Ronald Reagan rightly took heat for his "we begin bombing in five minutes" joke caught on an open mike as he was preparing to make his weekly Saturday radio address. It was clearly a joke not intended for public consumption. Presidents and would-be presidents must show restraint.

There is an unwritten rule that presidential candidates don't cheer against the United States even if it could damage their political opponent. Coming off a week in which Trump suggested that he would leave NATO countries to go it alone in the event of an attack, Trump's inflammatory remarks Wednesday have him doubling down on pro-Russian and pro-Putin comments.

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............The presidency is a post for an adult, not a guy who can't control his mouth.



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