--- description: President Barack Obama on Friday said the fears conveyed by speakers at the Republican National Convention "just don't jibe with the facts" title: Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e76ff779647f474/69889ef1196cf46bbc03c8b2/barack-obama-nieto-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2016 8:14 PM CUT  U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico at the White House on July 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico at the White House on July 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C.Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2016 8:14 PM CUT President Barack Obama on Friday [cautioned](http://time.com/4419346/barack-obama-donald-trump-republican-convention/ "undefined") against [Donald Trump’s dark assessment](http://time.com/4418398/donald-trump-convention-speech/ "undefined") of the United States, arguing that the fears conveyed by speakers at the [Republican National Convention](http://time.com/4418423/donald-trump-republican-convention-hillary-clinton/ "undefined") “just don’t jibe with the facts.” “This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn’t really jibe with the experience of most people,” Obama said, speaking alongside Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who said he looked forward to a “frank, open dialogue with whomever is elected.” Here’s what the two leaders said at the White House press conference Friday, responding to questions about Trump’s candidacy: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4419849/president-obama-donald-trump-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4419849/president-obama-donald-trump-speech/"},"headline":"Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech","datePublished":"2016-07-22T20:14:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:29:08.680Z","description":"He said the fears conveyed at the convention \"just don't jibe with the facts\"","url":"https://time.com/4419849/president-obama-donald-trump-speech/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Mexico","Donald Trump","Republican National Convention","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e76ff779647f474/69889ef1196cf46bbc03c8b2/barack-obama-nieto-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e76ff779647f474/69889ef1196cf46bbc03c8b2/barack-obama-nieto-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Holds News Conference With Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto","caption":"President Obama Holds News Conference With Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto","creditText":"Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4419849/president-obama-donald-trump-speech/","name":"Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech"}}]}] ```