{"id":6581,"date":"2016-05-08T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2016-05-08T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:48:19","slug":"world-us-presidency-not-a-reality-show-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/world-us-presidency-not-a-reality-show-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"US presidency not a reality show: Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2542 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Obama.jpg\" alt=\"Obama\" width=\"346\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Obama.jpg 580w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Obama-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/>President Barack Obama warned the White House race was not a \u201creality show\u201d and called for Donald Trump\u2019s record to be held to close scrutiny as the billionaire seeks to rally divided Republicans behind him.<br \/>\nWith Trump seizing the mantle of presumptive Republican nominee this week after his rivals exited the race, debate has turned to whether he will be able to rally party faithful behind him between now and November.<br \/>\nAsked about Trump\u2019s candidacy, and the resulting chaos on the Republican side, Obama offered some of his most pointed comments yet about the celebrity real estate mogul and long-time star of TV show \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d whose political rise has stunned the world.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are in serious times and this is a really serious job,\u201d Obama told reporters at the White House. \u201cThis is not entertainment. This is not a reality show.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cEvery candidate, every nominee needs to be subject to exacting standards and genuine scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/world-us-presidency-not-a-reality-show-obama\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama warned the White House race was not a \u201creality show\u201d and called for Donald Trump\u2019s record to be held to close scrutiny as the billionaire seeks to rally divided Republicans behind him. With Trump seizing the mantle of presumptive Republican nominee this week after his rivals exited the race, debate has turned &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6581"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6583,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions\/6583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}