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    Obama calls Trump "unfit" to serve, urges GOP to drop support

    President Obama is playing a major role in this year's campaign and today he repeated his assessment of Donald Trump, calling him "unfit to be president."

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 2, 2016 • 6m Listen

    President Obama is playing a major role in this year's campaign and today he repeated his assessment of Donald Trump, calling him "unfit to be president." The President said if either John McCain or Mitt Romney had defeated him, there still would have been disagreements… but that either of them could have done the job."But that's not the situation here. And that's not just [his] opinion, that's the opinion of prominent Republicans. So there has to come a time when you say "Enough."

    The President made the comments in a press conference with Singapore's Prime Minister, who was at the White House to talk up the TransPacific Partnership, the trade deal opposed by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Josh Lederman, White House reporter for Associated Press, has more.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Josh Lederman

      Associated Press

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Are record heat waves a point of no return for climate change?
    1. 1:55Obama calls Trump "unfit" to serve, urges GOP to drop supportYou’re reading this
    2. 8:31Climate Change: Politics and Reality
    3. 41:31Courts strike down restrictive voter laws in two states
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