Obama: Trump shouldn’t be close to nuclear button

Published September 27, 2016 6:03pm ET



President Obama on Tuesday argued that Donald Trump shouldn’t have his finger on the nuclear button because he doesn’t have the “preparation, the temperament or the core values” to be president.

Obama phoned in to Ryan Seacrest’s radio show the morning after this first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton to talk about the importance of voter registration. But he also readily offered his thoughts on the debate, according to a CNN report of the on-air discussion.

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