Obama does not think Donald Trump will ever be president

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last updated 17 February 2016

One person who is convinced Donald Trump will never be elected president of the United States is the man who currently holds the office.

"I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be president," President Obama said Tuesday during a news conference. "And the reason is that I have a lot of faith in the American people. Being president is a serious job. It's not hosting a talk show, or a reality show. It's not promotion, it's not marketing. It's hard. And a lot of people count on us getting it right."

As president, Obama said, you have to make difficult decisions that not everyone will like, and not do things just for publicity. "It requires being able to work with leaders around the world in a way that reflects the importance of the office and gives people confidence that you know the facts and you know their names and you know where they are on a map and you know something about their history," he added.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.