Obama Says Trump ‘Pumps Himself Up by Putting Other People Down’
- At Chicago fundraiser, president raises tape for first time
- Cites Trump’s earlier remarks on immigrants, disabled
Donald Trump in Debate Hot Seat After Crude Tape Emerges
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President Barack Obama said Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about women offer additional evidence of why the Republican candidate isn’t fit to be his successor in the White House.
“It tells you that he’s insecure enough that he pumps himself up by putting other people down,’’ Obama said Sunday at a Chicago fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth. “It tells you he doesn’t care much for the basic values of civility or respect.”