Barack Obama admits Donald Trump ‘could win’ and warns Hillary Clinton to run scared
It came just hours before he said there was 'nobody more qualified than Hillary Clinton'
BARACK Obama has sensationally admitted Donald Trump “could win” and advised Hillary Clinton to “run scared”.
Just hours before hailing the Democrat as the best qualified candidate ever to become president, President Obama conceded it was “possible” that Republican Trump could win the race.
Mr Obama's warning comes as Mrs Clinton was due to make history at the Democratic Party convention in Philadelphia tonight as she prepares to become the party’s first-ever female candidate.
Mr Obama said: "It is the nature of democracy that until the votes are cast, and the American people have their say, we don't know [who will win].
“I have seen all kinds of crazy stuff happen and I think everybody that goes into campaigns not running scared can end up losing."
It came as a poll revealed the billionaire businessman had opened up the biggest lead yet on his Democrat rival by 47 per cent to 40.04 per cent - his largest margin yet in the presidential race.
It is believed Mr Trump is benefiting from the post party convention bounce while his rival is still suffering from the "extremely reckless" use of private email to conduct government business.
President Obama had been speaking ahead of his address to delegates last night in which he tore into the real estate tycoon.
And he told the cheering crowd in Philadelphia: “The Donald is not really a plans guy, he is not really a facts guy either.”
Obama was given a standing ovation when he took to the stage and said of Trump: “He calls himself a business guy which is true, But I have to say I know plenty of business men and women, who achieve success without leaving a trail of lawsuits and unpaid workers and people feeling that they have been cheated.
“Does anyone really believe a guy who has spent his years on this earth showing no regard working people is suddenly going to be your champion?”
RELATED STORIES
And he accused Trump of selling the American people short with his policies and negative views of the US.
Speaking warmly of Clinton, who became the first woman to represent a major party in the race for the White House on Tuesday after her nomination he backed her saying: “There has never been a man or women , not me not Bill (her husband) , not nobody, more qualified to served as president of the United States of America.”