Biden says 'possible' Trump could become president
US Vice President Joe Biden has said it is "possible" Donald Trump could become president, but added that the business mogul has to get "a lot more serious" about how America functions.
“Look, yes—if I can—yes, I think it’s possible," Biden said in an interview with NBC News on Tuesday when asked if he saw Trump winning the November election.
"And I hope that if that were to occur—I hope it doesn’t, because I have fundamentally different views than he does—I hope that he gets a lot more serious about the issues, a lot more serious about gaining knowledge about how this nation functions in foreign policy and domestic policy. But look, that’s a long way off," he added.
Biden said that Trump, the Republican front-runner, is very “divisive” and that level of divisiveness is “not healthy” for America.
"We always do best when we act as one America," said Biden. "We always do best when we appeal to our better angels. And we always do poorly when we appeal to our fears and our differences."
During its broadcast from the White House, NBC also asked President Barack Obama about Trump's candidacy.
Obama said he did not believe Trump would ever make it to the White House because most American voters do not want "simplistic solutions" and "scapegoats."
"I'm pretty confident that the overwhelming majority of Americans are looking for the kind of politics that does feed our hopes and not our fears," he said.
Despite his divisive rhetoric and disparaging remarks about immigrants, women and Muslims, Trump continues to maintain his lead in most Republican polls.
A Fox News poll released on Thursday showed that 35 percent of the Republican primary voters support the real estate mogul’s presidential campaign, 15 points ahead of his closest rival Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
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