Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Talk to Me if He Wins'

On the eve of his last State of the Union address, President Obama rejected the message Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has capitalized on in his campaign. 

"The message that Donald Trump's putting out has had adherence a lot of times during the course of our history. You know, talk to me if he wins. Then we'll have a conversation about how responsible I feel about it," he told "Today's" Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview Tuesday. 

"But 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, that does work together and doesn't try to divide, 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.'"

"Today" is broadcasting live from the White House Tuesday, providing viewers with a tour inside rooms rarely ever seen by the public.

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