President Obama accused Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in an interview aired Monday of "exploiting" anger and fear over economic insecurities among working class men to propel his presidential campaign.<br />In an interview with NPR, the president said that structural changes to the American economy through technology and the 2008 financial crisis have meant stagnant wages for some sectors, especially blue-collar workers.<br />Obama has mostly refrained from weighing in directly on the 2016 campaign as he focuses on his policy agenda, but his aides have disparaged Trump.<br />White House press secretary Josh Earnest called him a "carnival barker" whose proposal to ban all Muslims from immigrating into the United States disqualifies him from being president.
