But even though Obama doubts Trump’s grasp on the issues, he said the NY real estate mogul could still pull ff a victory against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. But these days, the President won’t rule anything out.
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Back in January, President Barack Obama said the closest he could imagine Donald Trump to making a State of the Union address would be delivering the speech in a “Saturday Night Live” skit. In February, with the Republican nomination fight just getting underway, Obama splashed cold water on the prospect of a Trump presidency.
“So I said to myself…when he was talking about how the system is rigged”, he continued.
“So, my advice to Democrats – and I don’t have to give this advice to Hillary Clinton, because she already knows it – is you stay anxious until all those votes are cast and counted”, Efe news quoted the President as saying. “And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people”, he had said in response to a question at an economic summit in California.
Obama maintained that confidence at a Democratic fundraiser in April, when he assured a group of party donors that “Mr. Trump is not succeeding me”. A CNN/ORC poll released Monday showed Trump emerging with a five-point edge over Clinton coming out of his party’s national convention.
When asked if he’s anxious about Trump’s candidacy, he answered, “I’ve seen all kinds of insane stuff happen”.
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“What I think is scary is a president who doesn’t know their stuff and doesn’t seem to have an interest in learning what they don’t know”, he said, laughing weakly.
