Trump: Clinton isn't prepping for debate, she's 'resting'

Donald Trump took a relatively loose approach to his debate warm-up Thursday night during a town hall-style event in New Hampshire, regularly blowing through his two-minute clock and taking only about a dozen questions. The Manhattan billionaire said he could afford to take it easy because “Hillary Clinton is resting, okay?”

“I said forget debate prep. I mean, give me a break,” Trump said Thursday night. “Do you really think that Hillary Clinton is debate-prepping for three or four days? Hillary Clinton is resting, okay?”


Trump has regularly made Clinton's stamina, or supposed lack thereof, an issue on the campaign trail. He has accused her often of resting or sleeping whenever she takes a break from the campaign trail, including ahead of the first presidential debate, where her preparation seemed to give her a decided advantage over the real estate mogul.

The GOP nominee’s comment about his opponent’s preparations came during the town hall event, a rehearsal of sorts ahead of Sunday’s town hall presidential debate. Trump was supposed to take 20 questions from the crowd, read by conservative radio host and moderator Howie Carr, but took about 12 before leaving. He also routinely went over the two minutes his team allotted him for answers, the same amount of time he’ll have for responses Sunday night.

Trump’s Thursday night event went just over a half hour, barely a third of the 90 minutes Sunday night’s debate will last.

“They were saying this is practice for Sunday,” he told the crowd in before he began taking their questions. “This isn’t practice. This has nothing to do with Sunday.”

Shane Goldmacher contributed to this report.