Republican Donald Trump will not be president because it’s a “serious job”, President Barack Obama has said.<\/p>\n
“I continue to believe that Mr Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people,” said Mr Obama.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman, is the frontrunner in the race to be his party’s choice for the White House.<\/p>\n
He has won one state primary already, and leads the polls in South Carolina, where Republicans vote on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Asean economic summit in California, the president was asked by a reporter about Mr Trump.
\nThe electorate will not pick him, said Mr Obama, because “they recognise that being president is a serious job”.<\/p>\n
“It’s not hosting a talk show or a reality show, it’s not promotion, it’s not marketing, it’s hard. It’s not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day.”<\/p>\n
Mr Trump responded by saying it was a compliment to be criticised by a president who had done so much damage to the country.<\/p>\n
The New York hotel developer’s antipathy to Mr Obama goes back a number of years – he used to demand that the president produce proof that he was born in the US.<\/p>\n
And his election campaign has continuously made headlines, for controversial remarks and policies.
\nMr Trump said he would deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, build a wall on the southern border paid for by Mexico and that Muslims should be stopped from entering the US.<\/p>\n
His chief rival is Texas Senator Ted Cruz, but one of his other rivals, the big-spending former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, will be hoping for a better performance after disappointment in Iowa and New Hampshire.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a tweet by Mr Bush depicting a gun engraved with his name, alongside the word “America”, provoked a strong reaction online.<\/p>\n
Mr Bush tweeted the picture after taking questions at the premises of gun maker FN Manufacturing in Columbia, South Carolina.<\/p>\n
The Washington Post said the tweet “has the potential to boost his image among Southerners beyond South Carolina who value the 2nd Amendment and the right to bear arms”.<\/p>\n
The Democratic race will focus on Saturday on Nevada, where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will do battle in a caucus, which operates as a public show of support rather than a closed ballot.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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