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Trump must not have his finger on US nuclear button: Clinton

Friday, 29 July 2016 1:49 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 29 July 2016 1:53 PM ]

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses delegates on the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AFP photo)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is not qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the US military because of his volatile temperament, Hillary Clinton says.

During her nomination speech on Thursday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Clinton tried to scare the Democratic National Convention audience with the image of a President Trump having the power to call a nuclear strike.

"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons," the former secretary of state said before accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

"Just ask yourself: You really think Donald Trump has the temperament to be commander in chief?" Clinton said. "Donald Trump can't even handle the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign.”

"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, when he sees a protester at a rally. Imagine, if you dare, imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis,” she continued.

Clinton, a former first lady, senator and secretary of state, is the first female presidential nominee of a major US political party. She promised to improve economic opportunities in the US and urged American voters to embrace four more years of a Democratic White House rather than elect Trump.

Clinton will face Trump in the November presidential election. She criticized Trump throughout her nearly hour-long speech.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event on July 28, 2016 in Davenport, Iowa. (AFP photo)

“Clinton says Trump can’t be trusted with nuclear weapons because of his personality and temperament,” American political analyst and activist Myles Hoenig told Press TV on Friday.

“Yet Clinton has proven over and over again that war is her first and only option in resolving diplomatic problems, even when no problem exists," he added.

“Her quick gun solutions to Honduras, Ukraine, Libya, Iraq, Yemen, etc. show that she is just as unqualified to have her finger on the nuclear button as Trump is. And being that she has proven her willingness to use force rather than diplomacy shows her to be far more dangerous than actions Trump has ever exhibited, related to foreign policy,” Hoenig stated.

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