Trump, she added, was a “small, insecure bully”.
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Republicans including Trump have savaged her for her judgment, saying she put U.S. national security at risk, and have accused her of deleting key emails that she did not want Americans to see.
Obama’s backing will give Clinton a potent surrogate on the campaign trail.
According to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, the first joint appearance of Obama and Clinton will take place next Wednesday in Wisconsin, one of the crucial swing states in the general election. “Obviously I value his opinion a great deal personally”, Clinton said in an interview with Bloomberg Politics. “It’s just such a treat because over the years of knowing each other, we’ve gone from fierce competitors to true friends”.
Warren also made a speech shortly before her endorsement of Clinton aired, where she called Trump “a thin-skinned racist bully” and “a loud, nasty thin-skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and who serves no one but himself”.
Hillary Clinton laid out a forceful case for why a Donald Trump presidency would set progress back decades for women in a speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on Friday.
She did not take questions from the press.
Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said it “means the world” to her that Obama has her back. “The president has said he thought his job was to remind the American people what a serious responsibility the presidency was. It is about who we are as a nation”.
President Barack Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States; the video was released by Clinton’s campaign Thursday, June 9.
Mr Sanders emerged from the White House meeting subdued and indicated he had got the message. The president’s endorsement could also end concerns about party unity after a long and intense battle between Clinton and Sanders. He said his campaign would be fully engaged in the Washington, D.C., primary election next week, the final of the primary season.
Warren’s supporters floated rumors that she might appear on Hillary Clinton’s shortlist for a running mate after Clinton secured enough delegates Monday to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders is vowing to run through next week’s primary contests but party leaders are hoping he will drop his presidential bid after that.
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The progressive Senator’s support for Clinton was anticipated, a political move saved for after the President’s own endorsement earlier that day.
