Trump doubles down on criticism of Obama: ‘I don't happen to think he's a good speaker’
Former President Trump doubled down on his criticism of former President Obama during a rally Saturday afternoon in battleground Michigan.
“I don't happen to think he's a good speaker, but he'd come, he'd make a speech, and he'd leave,” Trump said at the campaign stop in Novi, Mich., while talking about China and previous administrations’ use of tariffs on the country.
Obama has been campaigning in critical swing states like Pennsylvania and Georgia as both Trump and Vice President Harris have been looking to juice up their base amid the start of early voting and in the final stretch to Election Day.
Both Obama and Trump have lobbed insults at each other while on the campaign trail.
“He acts so crazy, and it’s become so common that people no longer take it seriously,” Obama said Friday while campaigning with Harris in Atlanta. “I’m here to explain to you: Just because he acts goofy, does not mean his presidency wouldn’t be dangerous.”
Meanwhile, earlier this week, Trump called his predecessor a “jerk.”
“I think he’s a real jerk because I’ve watched him campaign over the last couple of days,” Trump said earlier this month during an event in North Carolina. “Over the last couple of days I’ve watched him campaign."
"What a divider he is. He divides this country," the GOP nominee added. "He couldn’t care less, him and his little group of people.”
The remarks also underscore the increasingly personal tone the 2024 election has taken between the two campaigns. Trump also took a hit at Harris during his Michigan rally, after she held a campaign event with celebrities Beyonce and Kelly Rowland the previous evening.
“They have to use people to get people to come, and then they send busses,” he said. “We don't send busses. Everybody comes.”
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