Hillary Clinton claimed an 'instrumental' part in the Northern Ireland peace process, but a new book by Trina Vargo alleges she exaggerated and later used her power to take revenge.
Hillary Clinton exaggerated her role in the Northern Ireland peace process for political gain during her 2008 bid for the Democratic presidential candidacy, a new book has claimed.
Vargo wrote how she felt the events positioned her for the Clintons'"enemies list" and that the feud was only exacerbated when she opted to support then-Senator Barack Obama, whom she advised on Ireland policy, in the 2008 election. Hillary Clinton targeted Obama's political inexperience while touting her own achievements.
Hillary Clinton herself would then allegedly go on to bring her retribution to the State Department, which she led during Obama's first term. In 2012, the department cut its annual half-million-dollar contribution to the Mitchell scholarship and, though the official reasoning was budgetary limits, Vargo argued in her book that it"was not about the money," as The Guardian reported.
Actress Katie McGrath, U.S.-Ireland Alliance President Trina Vargo and producer J.J. Abrams attend the 7th Annual"Oscar Wilde: Honoring The Irish In Film" Pre-Academy Awards Event at Bad Robot, February 23, 2012 in Santa Monica, California.
Northern Irish trade union leader Inez McCormack lauded Hillary Clinton's role, especially because"she understood that you had to tackle inequality if you were going to make the peace," according to Politifact.
The award was largely overshadowed by the controversy garnered by her use of a private email server during her time as Obama's top diplomat. The charges would become a pivotal talking point for Trump, who launched his own presidential bid two months after Hillary Clinton in June 2015. The two would go on to secure their respective primaries the following year, unleashing a vicious bout in which Trump ultimately came out on top in November.
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