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Donald Trump prefers election campaign over Pokémon Go, Hillary Clinton makes jokes

| Jul 15, 2016 12:59 AM EDT

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Pokémon Go is becoming a cult within a week of its launch in the United States and the internet is pretty much flooded with the Pokémon Go news. The game augmented reality game has not just affected the common people, but celebrities and politicians as well, including Donald Trump.

If it was not for presidential election campaigning, Trump would have liked to spend his time playing Pokémon Go. However, he wants to lead a free world, and that is what keep him busy and prevents indulging in leisurely activities such as playing Pokémon Go.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said on July 14, Thurdsay, that he did not have the time to "catch em all" in this trending craze, according to the Washington Examiner.

"I don't, but people are playing it. No question about it," the billionaire told the publication when asked whether he has started to play Pokémon Go. "I do not. I wish I had time."

Meanwhile, the other leading presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, made a joke about the game during an event in Annandale, Virginia, according to ABC News.

"I don't know who created Pokémon Go, but I'm trying to figure out how we get them to have Pokemon go to the polls," Clinton said.

That is true indeed. Clinton did not know anything about the game until she was briefed about the smartphone game by her staffers on her way back to Washington D.C. on July 13, Wednesday.

Although Trump does not have the time to play the game, he does have a video on his Facebook page featuring a Pokémon Go video with "spoofed Hillary" as one of the Pokémon characters.

Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game available for iPhone and Android smartphone users. It is free to download and requires the user to walk, run and even jump to catch the Pokémon character.

The app has already created a sensation in the US since the day of its launch, especially in the social media. In fact, the number of users playing the game is now competing with the number of active users on Twitter.

The following video talks about 10 things to know before starting a new Pokémon Go game:

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