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Obama: Donald Trump ‘is unfit to serve as president’

Clip: 8/2/2016 | 3m 14s

President Obama said he believes Donald Trump “is unfit to serve as president”.

At Tuesday morning’s news conference, President Obama said he believes Donald Trump “is unfit to serve as president” and urged Republicans to reject their own nominee. Trump later responded that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, “has proven herself unfit to serve in any government office.” Meanwhile, Rep. Richard Hanna of New York became the first Republican congressman to endorse Clinton.

08/02/2016 | Rating NR

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