Barack Obama took the unprecedented step of labelling Donald Trump “unfit” to hold the highest office in the US, calling on Republicans to withdraw support from their presidential candidate.
In his strongest denunciation to date, the president said criticisms of the Republican nominee from within his own party “ring hollow” if its leaders continue to support his candidacy.
Mr Obama’s rebuke follows a series of controversial remarks by the New York property mogul, including in a feud with the parents of a Muslim-American US Army captain killed in Iraq. While some Republican lawmakers have denounced Mr Trump’s criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, few have rescinded their endorsements.
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