Donald Trump argued Monday night that he has better judgment and temperament than Hillary Clinton, and cited his purported opposition to the Iraq War as evidence during the presidential debate.
When debate moderator Lester Holt challenged Trump’s assertion that he opposed the Iraq War as untrue, Trump urged the press to call Fox News’ Sean Hannity, who he said would vouch for the GOP nominee’s opposition to the war and their various arguments on the matter. Hannity appeared to confirm this assertion on Twitter.
Trump then argued that he had better judgment than his Democratic opponent.
“I have much better judgment than she does; there’s no question about that,” Trump said. “I also have a much better temperament than she has. You know?”
Trump cited the Clinton campaign’s decision to spend millions of dollars on advertising to attack his state of mind, and said, “I have a winning temperament.” Trump then charged that Clinton had a problem with her own “temperament.”
“Woo, OK,” Clinton said when given the chance to respond, shimmying her shoulders. She then detailed her view of the role of NATO and American intervention in the Middle East.
“Words matter when you run for president and they really matter when you are president. And I want to reassure our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere,” she added.
Trump noticeably avoided labeling Clinton with the pejorative insult “Crooked Hillary” that he often deploys on the campaign trail. But the candidates frequently talked over one another and interrupted each other during the debate.
