While Obama, Carter and other top officials generally have refrained from attacking Trump by name, Obama administration spokesmen have not denied that such remarks are directed at the presumptive Republican candidate. "There are 1.4 billion Muslims in the world" Biden said. President Barack Obama, his vice president and defence secretary took aim on Monday at policies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump they said would alienate Muslims globally along with US allies and neighbours. Speaking at the same event as Biden, Carter said a critical part of U.S. leadership is its "longtime network of allies and partners in every corner of the world." Biden's attacks on Trump as an isolationist, and others by Obama and Defence Secretary Ash Carter represent an unusually early and vigorous assault on an opposing party's presidential nominee.

Source: dna June 21, 2016 07:20 UTC