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'YOU DON'T WANT HIS FINGER ON THE BUTTON'

Michelle Obama gives barnstorming speech slamming Donald Trump and warning US not to give him the ‘nuclear codes’

Mark Hodge

Published: 1:10, 28 Oct 2016
Updated: 5:38, 29 Oct 2016

MICHELLE Obama has blasted Donald Trump’s temperament –warning the American public not to give the Republican candidate the nuclear codes.

The First Lady was speaking at a presidential campaign event for Hillary Clinton in battleground state North Carolina.

michelle-obama-04 — Obama insisted America needs a President who is 'steady' and can keep the country safe

Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton — While Obama praised her 'friend' Hillary Clinton, she did hold back when criticising Donald TrumpCredit: AP:Associated Press

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama embraces U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as they arrive at a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. — Obama embraces the Democratic presidential candidate at the campaign rally in North CarolinaCredit: Reuters

But before praising the Democratic Candidate, who she called her “friend”, Obama slammed loud mouth billionaire Trump.

She said: "We want a President who takes this job seriously and has the temperament and maturity to do it well.

"Someone who's steady. Someone who we can trust with the nuclear codes.

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"Because we want to go to sleep at night knowing our kids and our country are safe."

And in light of the multiple sexual assault allegations against Trump, Obama told the crowd that the US needs a leader who “values and honours women.”

She said: "What kind of President do we want?

"I think we want someone who's a unifying force in this country.

“Someone who sees our differences not as a threat but as a blessing.

Republican presidential nominee Donald T — Trump, pictured at a campaign rally in Ohio, is trailing Clinton in the polls less than two weeks before the electionCredit: Getty Images

"We want a President who values and honours women - who teaches our daughters and our sons that women are full and equal human beings, deserving and worthy of love and respect."

As she hugged the former First Lady Clinton, she joked: “"First ladies - we rock.”

Skilled campaigner Obama lavished praise on Clinton calling her a “policy wonk” and even claimed she had more experience than her husband and current President Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, the author who co-wrote Donald Trump’s best selling book The Art of the Deal has claimed if he is elected president he will impose martial law.

Tony Schwartz has blasted the Republican nominee claiming he will behave in a way that make Richard Nixon’s actions look like “child’s play”.

And a beauty queen has become the 14th woman to publicly accuse Trump of sexual assault.

Ex-Miss Finland Ninni Laaksonen, now 30, said he groped her bottom moments before a US TV appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2006.

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