US President Barack Obama also joined the fray, declaring Trump "unfit" to hold the country's top office in his strongest rebuke yet of the 70-year-old mogul. "His excesses make you want to retch, even in the United States, especially when -- as was Donald Trump's case -- he speaks ill of a soldier, of the memory of a soldier," Hollande told journalists in Paris. Story continues below…"Should the American people choose Trump, there will be consequences, because a US election is a global election," he added. Photo: AFPAFP · 3 Aug 2016, 09:10Published: 03 Aug 2016 09:10 GMT+02:00US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes "you want to retch", French leader Francois Hollande said on Tuesday, as he added his voice to a barrage of scathing criticism of the White House hopeful. "Democracy is also at stake, as we see more and more people tempted by authoritarianism," Hollande said, "especially" in the US.

Source: The Local August 03, 2016 02:26 UTC