Obama: Trump Keeps on Proving He’s Unfit to President

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Drawing a distinction between Trump and past Republican presidential nominees, Obama made clear that while he disagreed with John McCain and Mitt Romney, whom he faced off against in 2008 and 2012 respectively, he never doubted that either individual would be able to faithfully execute the duties of commander-in-chief. Obama could not say the same about Trump. He explained,

“I never thought that [McCain or Romney] couldn’t do the job. And had they won I would’ve been disappointed but I would have said to all Americans, ‘This is our president. And I know that they are going to abide by certain norms and rules and common sense; will observe basic decency, will have enough knowledge about economic policy and foreign policy, and our constitutional traditions and rule of law that our government will work. And we will compete four years from now to try and win an election.’ But that’s not the situation here. And that’s not just my opinion. That’s the opinion of many prominent Republicans. There has to come a point at which you say enough. And the alternative is that the entire party — the Republican party — effectively endorses and validates the positions that are being taken by Mr. Trump.