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US President Barack Obama has hammered home his belief that Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump would not be elected, knocking his reality show past and penchant for drawing media attention.
Obama did not limit his criticism to the billionaire real estate tycoon, hitting out at “troubling” statements from the entire GOP field of candidates seeking to replace him. But he reserved his toughest remarks for Trump, offering a scathing assessment of why he thinks the American people will not elect him.
“I continue to believe that Mr Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people. And I think they recognize that being president is a serious job,” he told reporters in California.
“It’s not hosting a talk show or a reality show. It’s not promotion. It’s not marketing. It’s hard,” he said on the sidelines of a summit with leaders and representatives of 10 Southeast Asian nations. “It’s not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day. And sometimes it requires you making hard decisions, even when people don’t like it,” Obama continued.
He also noted the need to be “able to work with leaders around the world in a way that reflects the importance of the office.” “During primaries, people vent and they express themselves,” Obama said, alluding to Trump’s brash, take-no-prisoners style. “Oftentimes it’s reported just like entertainment, but as you get closer, the reality has a way of intruding.”
“The American people are pretty sensible. And I think they’ll make a sensible choice in the end,” he concluded.
The 69-year-old Trump, who for months has led opinion polls in the Republican race for the White House nomination, was scornful of Obama’s remarks.
Breitbart.com adds: At a campaign rally in Beaufort, South Carolina early Tuesday evening, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump blasted President Obama’s statement earlier in the day that he “continues to believe Donald Trump will not be president.”
Event moderator Van Hipp, a former Republican Party Chairman in South Carolina, began by asking Trump to respond to Obama’s statement that he “continues to believe Donald Trump will not be president” because the job is hard work, unlike “hosting a reality television show.” “He has done such a lousy job as president,” Trump punched back at Obama’s statement from earlier Tuesday. “You look at our budgets,” Trump said, noting we have a $19 trillion national debt. “We can’t beat ISIS,” Trump added.
“Obamacare is terrible… our borders are like swiss cheese.” “He has set us back so far [that] for him to say that is a great compliment,” Trump concluded. “You’re lucky I didn’t run last time when Romney ran, because you would have been a one-term president,” Trump told Obama via the networks. Trump also told Hipp that “The World Trade Center would still be standing” if he had been president in 1998 rather than Bill Clinton. Trump said he knew Osama bin Laden and radical Islam were trouble, even then. “I would have done something about it,” Trump said.
Trump’s remarks were delivered four days before Saturday’s all-important South Carolina GOP primary in a different setting than his normal campaign rallies. Instead of Trump standing alone at a lectern, delivering a one hour talk to thousands of supporters standing in a large coliseum, Trump and moderator Hipp sat in two chairs separated by a coffee table. The audience sat in theater seats in the Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center. Uncharacteristically for the Trump campaign, the event began 25 minutes after the scheduled 6 pm start time. A local Trump campaign coordinator explained to the crowd that Trump was delayed because “the cars were lined up on [the] bridge” trying to get to the Trump event. That’s why, she said, “It took him so long to get here.” She said the evening’s event was “the largest crowd in the history of Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center.” Trump also blasted the Obama administration’s treatement of veterans. “Nobody has been treated with less respect than our veterans,” Trump said. “I’ve got some of the best people in the world who are talking to me already about running it [the Veterans Administration]” to fix the current poor level of care provided to veterans.
In addition, Trump criticized the Obama administration’s policy of substituting “containment” for victory.
US President Barack Obama has hammered home his belief that Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump would not be elected, knocking his reality show past and penchant for drawing media attention.
Obama did not limit his criticism to the billionaire real estate tycoon, hitting out at “troubling” statements from the entire GOP field of candidates seeking to replace him. But he reserved his toughest remarks for Trump, offering a scathing assessment of why he thinks the American people will not elect him.
“I continue to believe that Mr Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people. And I think they recognize that being president is a serious job,” he told reporters in California.
“It’s not hosting a talk show or a reality show. It’s not promotion. It’s not marketing. It’s hard,” he said on the sidelines of a summit with leaders and representatives of 10 Southeast Asian nations. “It’s not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day. And sometimes it requires you making hard decisions, even when people don’t like it,” Obama continued.
He also noted the need to be “able to work with leaders around the world in a way that reflects the importance of the office.” “During primaries, people vent and they express themselves,” Obama said, alluding to Trump’s brash, take-no-prisoners style. “Oftentimes it’s reported just like entertainment, but as you get closer, the reality has a way of intruding.”
“The American people are pretty sensible. And I think they’ll make a sensible choice in the end,” he concluded.
The 69-year-old Trump, who for months has led opinion polls in the Republican race for the White House nomination, was scornful of Obama’s remarks.
Breitbart.com adds: At a campaign rally in Beaufort, South Carolina early Tuesday evening, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump blasted President Obama’s statement earlier in the day that he “continues to believe Donald Trump will not be president.”
Event moderator Van Hipp, a former Republican Party Chairman in South Carolina, began by asking Trump to respond to Obama’s statement that he “continues to believe Donald Trump will not be president” because the job is hard work, unlike “hosting a reality television show.” “He has done such a lousy job as president,” Trump punched back at Obama’s statement from earlier Tuesday. “You look at our budgets,” Trump said, noting we have a $19 trillion national debt. “We can’t beat ISIS,” Trump added.
“Obamacare is terrible… our borders are like swiss cheese.” “He has set us back so far [that] for him to say that is a great compliment,” Trump concluded. “You’re lucky I didn’t run last time when Romney ran, because you would have been a one-term president,” Trump told Obama via the networks. Trump also told Hipp that “The World Trade Center would still be standing” if he had been president in 1998 rather than Bill Clinton. Trump said he knew Osama bin Laden and radical Islam were trouble, even then. “I would have done something about it,” Trump said.
Trump’s remarks were delivered four days before Saturday’s all-important South Carolina GOP primary in a different setting than his normal campaign rallies. Instead of Trump standing alone at a lectern, delivering a one hour talk to thousands of supporters standing in a large coliseum, Trump and moderator Hipp sat in two chairs separated by a coffee table. The audience sat in theater seats in the Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center. Uncharacteristically for the Trump campaign, the event began 25 minutes after the scheduled 6 pm start time. A local Trump campaign coordinator explained to the crowd that Trump was delayed because “the cars were lined up on [the] bridge” trying to get to the Trump event. That’s why, she said, “It took him so long to get here.” She said the evening’s event was “the largest crowd in the history of Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center.” Trump also blasted the Obama administration’s treatement of veterans. “Nobody has been treated with less respect than our veterans,” Trump said. “I’ve got some of the best people in the world who are talking to me already about running it [the Veterans Administration]” to fix the current poor level of care provided to veterans.
In addition, Trump criticized the Obama administration’s policy of substituting “containment” for victory.
