WH: GOP candidates don’t reflect ‘values of the country’

But Earnest didn’t limit his concern to Trump alone, and argued that a number of Republican presidential candidates have made remarks that he said do not live up to values most Americans share.

“Other countries are watching — the leaders of other countries are watching,” Earnest told reporters at his daily briefing.

Part of a presidential campaign, he said, is to demonstrate to others, including other nations, that “you have the aptitude to lead the country and that means being a faithful messenger when it comes to articulating the values of the country.”

“On the presidential trail, a number of Republican candidates have fallen quite short of that,” he said without providing specifics.

Foreign diplomats have told U.S. officials that they worry about some of the inflammatory and insulting public statements by Trump, according to a Reuters report that cited unnamed senior U.S. officials.

The officials from Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia have complained most ardently about the “xenophobic” nature of some of Trump’s statements, the report said. The officials reportedly declined to provide a full list of countries whose diplomats have complained, but said they included at least India, South Korea, Japan and Mexico.

Some senior leaders in several major allies of the U.S., including Britain, Mexico, France and Canada, have publicly expressed grave concern about Trump’s positions and comments.

In an interview published Monday, Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto likened Trump’s “strident tone” to the ascent of dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. He also said his country will not pay for the wall Trump has proposed along the U.S.-Mexico border despite the billionaire businessman’s claims.

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel deemed him a threat to peace and prosperity in an interview published Sunday.