World leaders are ‘rattled’ by Trump’s foreign policy, says Obama: President says billionaire’s plans show ‘either ignorance of world affairs or an interest in getting tweets and headlines’
Obama criticized Trump during a press conference in Japan on Thursday
President said world leaders are ‘surprised’ he is the presumptive Republican nominee
‘A lot of the proposals he has made display either ignorance of world affairs, or a cavalier attitude, or an interest in getting tweets and headlines’
DailyMail.com
26 May 2016
Foreign leaders are ‘rattled’ by Donald Trump, according to Barack Obama, and have good reason to feel that way as he accused the billionaire of ignorance about world affairs.
Weighing in on the Democratic race to replace him, Obama also downplayed concerns that the protracted fight between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is hurting his party’s chances, brushing off their escalating attacks as the inevitable ‘grumpiness’ of a primary campaign.
Obama’s assessment of the presidential campaign came on the sidelines of a G7 summit in Japan, the latest world gathering to be colored by global concerns about Trump.
Obama said foreign leaders at the conference are ‘surprised by the Republican nominee’ and unsure how seriously to take his pronouncements.
‘They are rattled by it – and for good reason,’ Obama said. ‘Because a lot of the proposals he has made display either ignorance of world affairs, or a cavalier attitude, or an interest in getting tweets and headlines.’
He contrasted that to proposals that thoughtfully address what’s required to keep the U.S. safe and prosperous and ‘to keep the world on an even keel.’
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