Obama: ‘I wouldn’t worry’ about US if McCain or Romney had won

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President Obama said on Monday he would not be concerned about the future of the country if a Republican candidate like previous nominees Sen. John McCain or former Gov. Mitt Romney were running against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the White House. But Obama, speaking candidly in a late night television interview with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, said Republican candidate Donald Trump is different than other conservative politicians.

“There’s something different about the way Trump has operated in the political sphere. I ran against McCain, against Romney. I thought I could do a better job, but they’re both honorable men. And if they won, I wouldn’t worry about generally the course of the country,” said Obama.

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