Donald Trump Hammers Obama’s Weak “60 Minutes” Interview
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Donald Trump might be the GOP front-runner, but he won’t succeed him in office, says US President Barack Hussein Obama.
“He’s the classic reality TV character and at this early stage it’s not surprising that he’s gotten a lot of attention,” Mr. Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday on “60 Minutes.”
“I think that he is a great publicity seeker at a time when the Republican Party has not really figured out what it’s for as opposed to what it’s against,” Mr. Obama told CBS News. “I think that he has tapped into something that exists in the Republican Party that is real. I think there is genuine anti-immigrant sentiment in a large portion of at least Republican primary voters. I do not think it’s uniform.”
Donald Trump has aroused Americans attention with his talks on illegal immigration. He promised to build a Wall on the US-Mexico border and to deport the criminal illegal immigrants in the United States.
Mr. Obama declined to say whether he thinks Mr. Trump will run out of steam before winning the Republican nomination, but added, “I don’t think he’ll end up being president of the United States.”
Donald Trump is not one to take any attack like that sitting down.
Sure enough, he took to Twitter, his favored medium of counter punching Mr. Obama later Sunday night.
Many other had negative thoughts as well, including 1 person who mocked Mr. Obama for citing Mr. Trump’s reality show background.
Discussing Joe Biden’s possible entry into the Democratic race, Mr. Obama called him 1 of the finest vice presidents ever and said: “If you’re sitting right next to the President in every meeting and … wrestling with these issues, I’m sure that for him he’s saying to himself: ‘I could do a really good job.’”
Asked if he thought he himself could be re-elected if not constitutionally barred from a 3rd term, Mr. Obama replied: “Yes. I do.”
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