Obama’s last stump speech: Praise Clinton, mock Trump

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President Obama unveiled four themes during his first outing for Hillary Clinton Tuesday that will likely comprise his final stump speech as a politician: Clinton’s qualifications, Obama’s record, the GOP’s failure to help the middle class, and plenty of sarcastic jabs at presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Obama opened his lengthy remarks in Charlotte, N.C., ticking off all the ways his former secretary of state impresses him and how his one-time political rival earned his admiration.

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