President Obama said Donald Trump was “the classic reality TV character” who had tapped into something real in the Republican Party but was unlikely to end up as president, Reuters reports.
Said Obama: “He is a great publicity-seeker – and at a time when the Republican Party hasn’t really figured out what it’s for as opposed to what it’s against.”
He added: “I don’t think he’ll end up being president of the United States.”
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