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Obama on a possible Trump win: 'Anything is possible'

Jul 27, 2016, 19:41 IST

Barack Obama appears on the Today Show.Screenshot/ NBC the Today Show.

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Barack Obama is now apparently taking the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency seriously.

Obama appeared on NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday, saying "anything is possible" after host Savannah Guthrie asked him if Trump could win the election in November.

"Anything is possible," Obama said. "It is the nature of democracy that until those votes are cast and the American people - you know, have their say - we don't know."

He continued by saying that he's seen "all kinds of crazy stuff happen," over his 20 years in politics.

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Asked whether he was worried by the possibility of a Trump presidency, Obama said he thinks it's "scary," that Trump "doesn't know his stuff," and that Trump has no interest in learning what he doesn't know.

Obama continued:

As for whether Obama has any advice for Democrats in the upcoming election, he said to "stay worried until all those those votes are cast and counted."

"One of the dangers in an election like this is that people don't take the challenge seriously," he said. "They stay home. And we end up getting the unexpected."

Trump is riding high after a post-convention bump in the polls. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, will speak at the Democratic convention on Thursday.

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