Obama: Americans will reject Trump's 'wacky' ideas

President Barack Obama said today that Republican Donald Trump proves he isn't qualified to be president "every time he speaks," adding that he was confident Americans would ultimately reject the brash billionaire on Election Day.
Obama, closing out his final presidential trip to Asia, said his meetings with foreign leaders during the trip had illustrated that governing is "serious business" requiring knowledge, preparation and thought-out policies that can actually be implemented.
He urged Americans not to allow the "outrageous behavior" seen amid the campaign-season din to become the new normal.
"The most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and follow up and ask questions to what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or outright whacky ideas," Obama said.

Throughout the campaign, Obama has repeatedly denounced Trump and deemed him "unfit" to serve as commander in chief, arguing that he's pulling the Republican Party in a dangerous and unprecedented direction.
Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton and has said he plans to campaign full-force for the Democrat ahead of the November election.

Obama's remarks came at the end of a grueling nine-day trip that took him to Laos and China following US stops in Nevada, Hawaii and Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
It's the last of 10 trips Obama paid as president to Asia, where Obama lived as a youngster with his mother in Indonesia.

"When I think back to the time I spent here as a boy, I can't help but be struck by the extraordinary progress that's been made by the region in the decades since, even if there's still a lot of work to be done," Obama said.
At the top of the list of unfinished business is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free trade deal Obama helped broker.
That deal awaits ratification in the US Congress, where there is opposition from both parties. But Obama said he planned to do everything possible to persuade lawmakers to approve it this year.
With his presidency nearing an end, Obama's agenda has narrowed to a few key goals he hopes to complete before his successor takes over. Asked to acknowledge he wouldn't be able to fulfill his campaign promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Obama pushed back.

"I am not ready to concede," Obama said, adding that his administration was making progress in reducing the prison's population.
"I don't take these comments personally, because it seems as if this is a phrase he's used repeatedly, directed at the pope and others," Obama said of the slur. "I think it seems to be just a, you know, a habit, a way of speaking for him."
On his last day in Asia, Obama met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose help Obama is seeking to galvanize further action on climate change, especially among developing countries.
Obama said since his name is not on the ballot, there are

times where he has been just kind of trying to bite his tongue.
"But there is a lot about this election that has not been on the level. I'm going to level with you right now. The way campaigns have gotten, we've come to accept crazy stuff as normal. The strategy of just repeating attacks and outright lies over and over again.
"But it gets churned in social media and Facebook, and no matter how false they are, they just create this cloud of dust," he said.
"So I've had to bite my lip and just listen to some of the nonsense that's been said about Hillary. I know Hillary. I ran against Hillary. She worked for me. This is somebody who has dedicated her life to make this country better.

"This is somebody who cares about working families because she comes from a working family. Think about how she got her start," Obama said.
While Donald Trump and his developer dad were being sued by the Justice Department for denying housing to African American families, Hillary was going undercover from school to school to make sure minority kids were getting an equal shot at a good education.
"She has not stopped fighting. She has not stopped fighting for justice. She has not stopped fighting for equality. She has not stopped fighting for kids ever since," he said.
Clinton, he argued, will be a smart and steady President.

"Unlike her opponent, she actually respects working Americans. She will work her heart out to create jobs that families can live on and child care you can afford.
"She'll fight for equal pay for equal work. She'll make sure that we've got a higher minimum wage and family leave that's paid so people can afford to use it, and make sure that this economy works for everybody," Obama said.
"Unlike her opponent, she actually knows what's going on in the world. She's travelled around the world. She's respected around the world. She'll work her heart out to keep America respected and strong and safe.

"She will not turn people against each other just to win an election. She'll be a leader for all of us, even those who don't vote for her, because she knows we are stronger together," said the US President.