President of the United States, Barack Obama, says the leaders of the world he spoke with are “rattled” by Mr Donald Trump’s candidacy in the 2016 US presidential contest.
President Obama disclosed this to journalists on Thursday after the first day of the G7 2016 Ise-Shima Summit in Japan.
He said that the world was paying close attention because “the United States is at the heart of the international order”.
The US President said that the leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest nations were not sure how seriously to take some of the Republican presidential candidate’s pronouncements.
He said on Voice of America that Trumps’ statements “display either ignorance of world affairs, or a cavalier attitude, or an interest in getting tweets and headlines”.
Meanwhile, the world leaders attending the G7 summit have visited the Shinto religion’s holiest site.
The host, Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said that the visit was to help world leaders “understand the spirituality of Japanese people”.
However, the visit to the shrine was controversial because critics said Mr Abe was catering to his conservative supporters who want to revive traditional values.