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Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Feb 16, 2016 11:47 PM UTC President Obama is confident that his successor will not be businessman and Republican front runner Donald Trump. “I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be President,” President Obama said at a news conference in California on Monday, following a two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. “I have a lot of faith in the American people.” Obama spoke bluntly, saying that the job of President of the United States is “hard” and nothing like “hosting a talk show or a reality show,” in an apparent jab at the business mogul who starred in the reality-TV show _The Apprentice._ The President also brushed off Trump’s success — he came in second in the Iowa caucuses and dominated the New Hampshire primary — as a product of the frenzied primary season. “As you get closer, reality has a way of intruding,” Obama said, before reminding reporters that the person who succeeds him will have access to the nuclear codes and the power to send young people into battle. “The American people are pretty sensible,” Obama added. “I think they’ll make a sensible choice in the end.” This is not the first time Obama has sounded bearish on a Trump presidency. In January, the President doubted the GOP front runner’s chances in a _Today Show_ appearance, saying, “Talk to me if he wins.” “I’m pretty confident that the overwhelming majority of Americans are looking for the kind of politics that does feed our hopes and not our fears,” Obama said at the time. ## Transcript The Constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court the President of the United States is to nominate someone. The Senate is to consider that nomination. And either they disapprove of that nominee or that nominee is elevated to the Supreme Court. Historically, this has not been viewed as a question. We're gonna find somebody who is an outstanding legal mind. Somebody who cares deeply about our democracy and cares about rule of law. There's not gonna be any particular position on a particular issue that determines whether or not I nominate them, but I'm going to present somebody who, indisputably, is qualified for the seat. 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