Calls Hillary Clinton “Devil” and President Obama “Terrible”
By: Jayshal Sood
Just when one might have thought that the name-calling is over, comes another missile from presidential candidate (R) Donald Trump.
Lashing at Hillary Clinton at a rally in Pennsylvania, the republican nominee said that his Democratic rival is “the devil”. He also slammed former presidential candidate (D) Bernie Sanders for negotiating with the Clinton campaign. “He would have been a hero. But he made a deal with the devil,” said Trump.
In an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group on Tuesday Trump did not even spare President Obama.
“Well, he’s a terrible president. He’ll probably go down as the worst president in the history of our country, he’s been a total disaster,” Trump said. “You look at what happens in the Middle East, in Syria and his line in the sand. .I think it just means he’s concerned I’m going to win. Don’t forget last time he said I would never get the nomination, now he’s saying I wouldn’t get the election now all of the sudden he said the other day maybe I can win the election, no I guess he probably has to say that kind of thing”
The GOP nominee’s statement came after President Obama denounced Trump in a Press Conference in Washington DC earlier on Tuesday.
“I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as President. I said so last week. And he keeps on proving it,” he said. “The fact that he doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues in Europe, in Middle-East, in Asia means that he is woefully unprepared.”
Obama continued, “There have been Republican presidents with whom I disagreed with, but I didn’t have a doubt that they could function as President. I think I was right and Mitt Romney and John McCain were wrong in certain policy issues but I never thought that they couldn’t do the job.”
Meanwhile, Trump refused to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan in primaries in the state of Wisconsin due next Tuesday. In an interview with the Washington Post Trump said, “I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country . . . We need very strong leadership. We need very very strong leadership. And I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.” Interestingly, Ryan used similar language in May when he refused to endorse Trump as a presidential nominee for Republicans.