Obama calls Republican nominee Trump “unfit” to be president

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Donald Trump “unfit” to be U.S. president amid bipartisan outcry following the Republican presidential nominee’s feud with the family of a fallen U.S. Muslim soldier.

“I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,” said Obama here at a press conference, reports Xinhua. “I said so last week and he keeps on proving it.”

“The notion that he would attack a Gold Star family that has made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia, means that he’s woefully unprepared to do this job,” said Obama.

Trump provoked bipartisan blame over the weekend after he derisively answered criticism from Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim American solider killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.