‘Clinton only candidate who will bring America together’

Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who will bring all Americans together and uplift them, outgoing US President Barack Obama has said as he assailed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of lying with “impunity”.

Addressing an election rally in Kissimmee in Florida, Mr Obama praised his former secretary of state for embracing America’s diversity as a strength, recognising that progress requires compromise, and promoting dignity, courtesy, and respect for all Americans.

Mr Obama went on to criticise Mr Trump as “uniquely unqualified to be president” and “temperamentally unfit to be commander-in-chief”, citing his disrespectful and hateful rhetoric towards minorities, women, and people with disabilities as an “irreconcilable lack of character”.

“Two days to decide the future of this country. And I need you to go vote. I need your help to help finish what we started eight years ago,” he said. All the progress that the US has made goes out the window if Ms Clinton does not win this election.

“We win this election if we win Florida. If we win Florida, it's a wrap. We win Florida, it's over,” he said.

Mr Obama added that Mr Trump lies to people with “impunity” and went on to cite an incident that occurred in Fayetteville last week.