WHITE HOUSE: Clinton, Trump's Battle Gathers Momentum

As the Presidential election for the next occupier of the US White House on November 8, 2016 draws closer, Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State and Presidential candidate on the platform of the Democrats Party in the United States of America is assiduously working hard towards emerging as the next US President, hence this time as the principal occupier.

Evidently, Clinton has a good stake in Mississippi where African-American voters certifiably represent an important voting bloc. From our records and investigations, African-Americans have voted by more than 80 percent for Clinton in other states of the South.

However, his major contender, a billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump of the Republican Party is not taking chances. According to reports, Trumps have so far pocketed 12 out of 20 contests, and has the most delegates in hand and saw success in regions as different as the Northeast and South.

As the battle to occupy the White House gathers momentum, the focus shifts to Michigan and Mississippi where both Republican and Democratic balloting will take place. Republicans will vote in a primary in Idaho while Hawaii hosts a Republican caucus.

Michigan and the city of Detroit symbolize the heart of the US auto industry, and Clinton has accused Sanders of having voted against a plan to save the sector in 2008/2009.

“I voted for the auto bailout and he voted against it,” Clinton stated.

Senator Bernie Sanders reportedly voted for it but separately voted against funds whose main purpose was to assist financial institutions but which also ended up financing the auto industry bailout. 

“At a rally on Wednesday former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told those gathered, ‘Don’t let anybody tell you we can’t make anything in America anymore.’

“What she failed to tell the audience is that she has been a consistent advocate of the job-killing trade deals that have contributed to the loss of nearly 60,000 factories in the United States and almost 5 million manufacturing jobs over the last 15 years.

“Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA. NAFTA cost 850,000 U.S. jobs. 43,000 jobs alone in Michigan. 35,000 jobs in Ohio. 35,000 in Illinois. Hillary Clinton supported Permanent Normalized Trade Relations with China. That deal cost the country 3.2 million jobs. The free trade agreement with Panama? Guess what, Hillary Clinton supported that one too.

“Now, American jobs are threatened by the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Hillary Clinton spoke favorably about the TPP 45 times. She called it the ‘Gold Standard.’ Now she says she ‘has reservations about it.’

“Tom Donohue, head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and strong supporter of these job-crushing trade deals, is not worried about Clinton getting in the way of this deal. He said he knows that if she’s elected she’ll flip back to support it. Election year conversions won’t bring back American jobs. Bernie Sanders believes that the top priority of any trade deal should be to help American workers and he’s the only candidate who has consistently fought against job-killing trade deals”, Sanders stated in response to Secretary Clinton’s comments on trade at a rally in New York City.

On the other hand, Trump has continued to campaign against Clinton stating that the free trade agreements he vehemently supported for has cost millions of job loss in the United States.

According to press releases yesterday, Donald J. Trump issued the following statement on a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, based on U.S. Census Bureau Data, showing record immigration growth in the United States: 

"Record rates of immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for U.S. workers. Pew polling shows 83 percent of all voters - Democrats, Republicans and Independents - think immigration should be frozen or reduced.

The biggest beneficiaries of allowing fewer foreign workers into our country would be minority workers, including all immigrants now living here, who are competing for jobs, benefits and community resources against record waves of foreign workers. Limiting job competition would reopen pathways to middle-class stability and shrink welfare rolls.

In addition, it would relieve overcrowding in our schools and hospitals that afflict our poorest communities. Yet, Senators Cruz and Rubio have led the charge for even higher immigration rates - a policy supported by only 7 percent of the Republican electorate.

When I am President we will listen to the people - not the special interests - and get immigration numbers under control, as the voters have demanded", he said.