US President Barack Obama says world leaders are “rattled” by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and are not sure how to react to his proposals.
“I think it’s fair to say they are surprised by the Republican nominee, they are not sure how seriously to take some of his pronouncements, but they’re rattled by him, and for good reason,” Obama said Thursday, during a break from the G7 summit in Japan.
“A lot of the proposals that he’s made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude or an interest in getting tweets and headlines instead of actually thinking through what it is that’s required to keep America safe, secure and prosperous, and what’s required to keep the world on an even keel,” he added.
Obama did not go into a detailed critique of Trump but said he shares the same anxiety as other world leaders.
“Things don’t roll together so well if the United States is not making good decisions,”…