President Obama offers up a blistering take down of 45.

In an unprecedented rebuke of all things Trumpian, President Obama lays out in no uncertain terms the stakes of this election. Essentially saying that the “American System” is up for renewal and its our choice if we want to re-up.

““I did hope, for the sake of our country, that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously; that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care,” said Mr. Obama, speaking from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia — not far from Independence Hall, where he delivered a far more upbeat address on racial issues in 2008.”

— by Astead Herndon and Lisa Lerer in the New York Times