8-3-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign.
President Barack Obama says that Donald Trump is unfit to be president and “he keeps proving it.”
Obama was speaking during a news conference with the prime minister of Singapore, who is visiting the White House.
The president is challenging Republican leaders to withdraw their endorsements of Trump.
Obama says Trump’s criticism of a fallen Muslim-American soldier’s family is the latest evidence that the GOP presidential nominee is unfit to lead America.
For Donald Trump, it’s become a familiar pattern. The Republican nominee can’t let go of a perceived slight, no matter the potential damage to his presidential campaign or political reputation.
Trump spent the days after winning the Republican nomination criticizing a U.S. district court judge’s Mexican heritage. The morning after accepting the Republican nomination at the party’s convention, Trump re-litigated months-old grievances with primary rival Ted Cruz.
Now, he’s sparring with an American Muslim family whose son was killed in Iraq.
Republican leaders have urged Trump to drop his attacks on Khizr and Ghazala Khan. It’s not just the optics of picking a fight with a military family that has GOP officials eager for Trump to move on, but the timing of his attacks: Election Day is three months away.
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