Trump casts himself as change agent

MNA International Desk: Presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will bring real change to Washington if elected president, as he looked to frame the final days of the 2016 race for the White House against Hillary Clinton.

Mr. Trump said real change begins with scrapping Obamacare, which he described as an “international joke” and restoring honesty in the federal government.

“So we ought to start by getting rid of Hillary Clinton,” Mr. Trump said. The New York businessman said Mrs. Clinton is a “candidate of yesterday” and said he friends in government have shielded her from facing criminal charges over her email scandal.

“I think the FBI wanted to do it, and she was protected by her friends at the Department of Justice,” he said, adding that news reports suggest the renewed investigation into her emails is “likely to yield, perhaps, an indictment.”

“She is likely to be under investigation for quite a while and quite likely face a criminal trial,” he said.

However, Trump and Hillary Clinton packed their schedules with last minute campaign events Sunday, two days out from an election that has gripped the world.

Clinton is banking on star power to lock in her narrow poll lead, hosting back-to-back weekend pop concerts with Beyonce and Katy Perry and booking a date with President Barack Obama.

For his part Trump has embarked on a cross-country odyssey through Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina and New Hampshire.

The latest major survey, the ABC/Washington Post tracker released early Sunday gave a Hillary a five percentage point 48-43 lead. Polling averages however are closer.

In the latest sign of the mounting tension and ugly mood of the campaign, Trump was briefly hustled off stage in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday in a false gun scare.