US President Barack Obama has endorsed fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying he did not think there had ever been a nominee so qualified for the White House.
“I’m with her. I am fired up, and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary,” Mr Obama said in a video released by the Clinton campaign.
Mrs Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said it “means the world” to her that Mr Obama has her back.
“It is absolutely a joy and an honour that President Obama and I over the years have gone from fierce competitors to true friends,” Mrs Clinton said.
Mr Obama, who enjoys strong approval ratings after nearly eight years in office, will campaign with Mrs Clinton next week in Wisconsin, her campaign said.
The endorsement increases pressure on Mrs Clinton’s rival in the Democratic primary contest, US senator Bernie Sanders, to concede the race so the party can focus on campaigning against Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for the November 8 election.
Mr Obama had been expected to support Mrs Clinton since she won enough delegates this week to clinch the Democratic nomination and become the first woman to lead a major US party as its presidential nominee.
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Considering the Clintons and the Obamas loathe each other, he must have had a very stiff drink before making his announcement.