--- ---  # Obama Says Americans Won't Vote for Donald Trump  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 12, 2016 6:20 PM UTC  President Barack Obama delivers remarks to reporters following a meeting on executive actions he can take to curb gun violence with members of his national security team in Washington, DC on Jan. 4, 2016. President Barack Obama delivers remarks to reporters following a meeting on executive actions he can take to curb gun violence with members of his national security team in Washington, DC on Jan. 4, 2016.Michael Reynolds—EPA  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 12, 2016 6:20 PM UTC Barack Obama [doesn’t think](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/12/obama-says-americans-will-reject-donald-trumps-message/?tid=sm%5Ffb) Americans will end up voting for Donald Trump. On NBC’s “Today” show, Obama doubted the billionaire’s electoral chances, telling the hosts, “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 continued, “that does work together and doesn’t try to divide us, that isn’t looking for simplistic solutions and scapegoating but looks for us buckling down and figuring out, ‘How do we make things work for the next generation?'” Obama’s [final State of the Union address](http://time.com/4176658/barack-obama-final-state-union-analysis/) will be delivered Tuesday, and when asked if he could one day imagine Trump delivering his own, Obama said, “”Well, I can imagine it — in a _Saturday Night (Live)_ skit.” Barack Obama on Donald Trump: 'Talk To Me If He Wins' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4177484/barack-obama-donald-trump-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4177484/barack-obama-donald-trump-election/"},"headline":"Obama Says Americans Won't Vote for Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-01-12T18:20:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:00:38.634Z","description":"\"Talk to me if he wins\"","url":"https://time.com/4177484/barack-obama-donald-trump-election/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Barack Obama","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab5b05f8e8ed22b/6988777f8e0601ea03463f8d/h_52501526.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab5b05f8e8ed22b/6988777f8e0601ea03463f8d/h_52501526.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama remarks on gun violence","caption":"Obama remarks on gun violence","creditText":"Michael Reynolds—EPA","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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4177484/barack-obama-donald-trump-election/","name":"Obama Says Americans Won't Vote for Donald Trump"}}]}] ```