US President Barack Obama has virtually endorsed Hillary Clinton in the bitterly-contested race for Democratic presidential nomination, praising his former secretary of state as a “good, smart, tough”
US President Barack Obama has virtually endorsed Hillary Clinton in the bitterly-contested race for Democratic presidential nomination, praising his former secretary of state as a “good, smart, tough” person.
Mr Obama said Ms Clinton “can govern and she can start here, (on) day one,” remarks that came days ahead of the first votes being cast in the primaries where she faces her nearest-rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
“She is a good, smart, tough person who cares deeply about this country, and she has been in the public eye for a long time and in a culture in which new is always better,” Mr Obama said in an interview.
“Her strengths, which are the fact that she is extraordinarily experienced — and, you know, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out — sometimes could make her more cautious and her campaign more prose than poetry, but those are also her stren-gths,” Mr Obama said.
Meanwhile, the Democratic frontrunner slammed Mr Trump for his continued anti-Muslim rhetoric, calling them shameful and dangerous for the United States. “It’s not only shameful and contrary to our values to say that people of a certain religion should never come to this country, or to claim that there are no real people of the Muslim faith who share our values,” Ms Clinton said.
