President Barack Obama has declared Donald Trump unfit for White House leadership, calling on the leaders of the Republican Party to withdraw their backing from their party’s presidential nominee.
“If you are repeatedly having to say what Trump says is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him?” Obama said at a Press Conference.
Obama said the Republican criticisms of Trump “ring hollow” if the party’s leaders continue to support his bid for the presidency this fall, particularly in light of Republican criticisms of Trump for his attacks on the Pakistani origin parents of an American soldier, Capt Humayun Khan, who died in Iraq.
Meanwhile, Trump continued to cling to his stance, and even opened a new front against senior Republican leaders, saying he would not endorse Senator John McCain and Speaker Paul Ryan for reelection.
“The question they have to ask themselves is: If you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him?” Obama said.
Obama noted that in addition to Trump’s comments about Khizr Khan’s Khan family, the Republican nominee had demonstrated that he was “woefully unprepared to do this job.” The president said Trump lacked knowledge about Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
“The notion that he would attack a Gold Star family (military families with sacrifices) that has made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia, means that he’s woefully unprepared to do this job.”
