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Barack Obama: “If his closest advisers don't trust him to tweet, why would any of us trust him with the nuclear codes?”

On the recordNovember 6, 2016
If his closest advisers don't trust him to tweet, why would any of us trust him with the nuclear codes?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama questions Donald Trump's reliability and fitness for presidency based on his behavior.

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