--- title: President Obama Tells Donald Trump Not to Whine: Transcript description: President Obama on Tuesday attacked Donald Trump for making "irresponsible" claims about a rigged election. Here are his full remarks canonical: https://time.com/4535623/president-obama-donald-trump-stop-whining-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-18T18:52:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:16:03.169Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama's Remarks Telling Donald Trump to 'Stop Whining' og:description: Obama said "no serious person" would claim the presidential election was rigged og:url: https://time.com/4535623/president-obama-donald-trump-stop-whining-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dc025d45ac98ae9/6988aa8797cdff90786ae393/barack-obama-trump-whining-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Holds News Conference With Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama's Remarks Telling Donald Trump to 'Stop Whining' twitter:description: Obama said "no serious person" would claim the presidential election was rigged twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dc025d45ac98ae9/6988aa8797cdff90786ae393/barack-obama-trump-whining-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama's Remarks Telling Donald Trump to 'Stop Whining'  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 18, 2016 6:52 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi at the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi at the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 18, 2016 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 18, 2016 6:52 PM UTC President Barack Obama on Tuesday [attacked Donald Trump](http://time.com/4535267/barack-obama-donald-trump-rigged-election-renzi/?xid=homepage) for making “unprecedented” and “irresponsible” [claims about a rigged election](http://time.com/4532679/donald-trump-election-rigged/). “I’d invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes,” Obama said in the Rose Garden during a joint press conference with [Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi](http://time.com/4534816/president-obama-italian-prime-minister-matteo-renzi/?xid=homepage) ahead of the Obamas’ [final state dinner](http://time.com/4535276/president-obama-white-house-dinner-menu-mario-batali/). “I have never seen, in my lifetime or in modern political history, any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place,” Obama added. 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