--- title: Republican Convention: Barack Obama Comments on Trump Speech description: President Barack Obama on Friday said the fears conveyed by speakers at the Republican National Convention "just don't jibe with the facts" canonical: https://time.com/4419849/president-obama-donald-trump-speech/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T20:14:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:29:08.680Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech og:description: He said the fears conveyed at the convention "just don't jibe with the facts" og:url: https://time.com/4419849/president-obama-donald-trump-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e76ff779647f474/69889ef1196cf46bbc03c8b2/barack-obama-nieto-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5109 og:image:height: 2874 og:image:alt: President Obama Holds News Conference With Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech twitter:description: He said the fears conveyed at the convention "just don't jibe with the facts" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e76ff779647f474/69889ef1196cf46bbc03c8b2/barack-obama-nieto-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama's Remarks on Donald Trump's Convention Speech > Sponsored content. 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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](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 22, 2016 8:14 PM UTC President Barack Obama on Friday [cautioned](http://time.com/4419346/barack-obama-donald-trump-republican-convention/) against [Donald Trump’s dark assessment](http://time.com/4418398/donald-trump-convention-speech/) 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/) “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"}}]}] ```