Trump faces fresh GOP pushback despite bid to reset campaign
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to quell concerns he lacks the discipline or policy know-how to make a competent president, even as the list of fellow Republicans deeming him unfit for the Oval Office grows.
The defection from a respected senator added to a chorus of GOP voices insisting they can't back Trump.
Some 50 Republican former national security officials signed an open letter calling Trump the most reckless candidate in history, prompting a counterattack from Trump, who said the signers share blame with Clinton for making the world "a mess" and fueling the Islamic State group's formation.
The GOP nominee had tried in a major policy speech at the Detroit Economic Club to turn the page on a dreadful stretch in his campaign by unveiling a revamped economic plan centered on far-reaching tax cuts.
Trump has said he wants to debate Clinton but has complained that two of the debates are scheduled during NFL football games, claiming Democrats "rigged" the schedule.
Though Trump argues his "America First" policies will return the economy to the boom era of a half-century ago, his vision sidesteps massive changes that have since occurred in the global economy.