Taking a swipe at Donald Trump, President Barack Obama has said the presumptive Republican presidential candidate’s controversial plans to ban Muslims from entering the US and build walls around it would alienate America’s key partners in the fight against extremism.
Though he did not name Trump, Obama made it clear what he thinks about the 69-year-old real estate tycoon’s campaign and policy proposals in a highly political commencement speech at the prestigious Rutgers University on Sunday.
“The world is more interconnected than ever before, and it’s becoming more connected every day. Building walls won’t change that,” Obama said apparently referring to Trump’s proposals to build a wall at the US-Mexico border.