Obama Says Trump Tapping Anti-Immigrant Fear That Drove Brexit
- President calls Republican life-long member of ‘global elite’
- Growing xenophobia in Europe has U.S. parallels, Obama says
Obama: Special Relationship With U.K. Despite Brexit
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President Barack Obama said Donald Trump is a lifetime member of the “global elite” who is trying to stir up in the U.S. the kind of anti-immigrant sentiment that drove Britain to vote itself out of the European Union.
“There’s a xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment that’s flashing up not just in Great Britain but throughout Europe that has some parallels with what Mr. Trump has been trying to stir up here,” Obama said in an interview published Tuesday by NPR.