{"id":259537,"date":"2016-10-18T17:59:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T17:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=259537"},"modified":"2016-10-18T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T17:59:42","slug":"us-election-2016-stop-whining-obama-tells-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/us-election-2016-stop-whining-obama-tells-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"US election 2016: Stop whining, Obama tells Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President Barack Obama has told Donald Trump to “stop whining” as he refuted his claim that next month’s White House election will be rigged.<\/p>\n
He said Mr Trump’s attempt to discredit a poll before it has even taken place was “unprecedented” for a US presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
Also “unprecedented”, said Mr Obama, was the Republican candidate’s “flattery” of Russia’s president.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump is facing sinking poll numbers and accusations of sexual assault.<\/p>\n
The businessman-turned-politician has claimed the 8 November election will be “absolutely rigged” for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n
But in a White House Rose Garden news conference on Tuesday alongside visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Mr Obama said his assertions were “based on no facts”.<\/p>\n
“I’d advise Mr Trump to stop whining and try to make his case to get votes,” Mr Obama said.<\/p>\n
“By the way,” he added, “doesn’t really show the kind of leadership and toughness that you want out of a president, if you start whining before the game’s even over.<\/p>\n
“If whenever things are going badly for you and you lose you start blaming somebody else, then you don’t have what it takes to be in this job.”<\/p>\n
Mr Obama also addressed the Republican candidate’s admiring remarks about Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n