Obama: No criticism on Clinton and trade — and other ’16 issues

President Obama and Hillary Clinton (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)

In disappearing to plead Hillary Clinton’s newfound antithesis to a Pacific Rim giveaway trade deal, President Obama served notice Friday: He won’t be commenting on lots of things Democratic possibilities contend during a 2016 election.

“I mean, here is a ubiquitous proposition, guys,” Obama told reporters. “During a march of what will be a prolonged campaign, we substantially won’t be commenting on each singular tongue or preference that a several possibilities make.”

The reason, he said: “I consider that it is healthy and correct for possibilities to run on their possess prophesy and their possess platform.”

Asked privately about Clinton’s entrance out opposite a Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama pronounced that, “with respect to a trade and how Hillary views trade, we would have we approach questions to her.”

Obama himself did talk adult a Trans-Pacific Partnership, observant a free-trade understanding will advantage U.S. workers.

Speaking during a corner news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye

While “there are going to be areas where they differ during any given point,” Obama indicated he wouldn’t be deliberating them — yet it seems certain he won’t be so reticent when it comes to his differences with a Republicans.

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