Former President Trump doubled down on his criticism of former President Obama throughout 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 mentioned on the marketing campaign cease in Novi, Mich., whereas speaking about China and former administrations’ use of tariffs on the nation.
Obama has been campaigning in essential swing states like Pennsylvania and Georgia as each Trump and Vice President Harris have been seeking to juice up their base amid the beginning of early voting and within the last stretch to Election Day.
Each Obama and Trump have lobbed insults at one another whereas on the marketing campaign path.
“He acts so crazy, and it’s become so common that people no longer take it seriously,” Obama mentioned Friday whereas 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.”
In the meantime, earlier this week, Trump referred to as his predecessor a “jerk.”
“I think he’s a real jerk because I’ve watched him campaign over the last couple of days,” Trump mentioned earlier this month throughout an occasion 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 additionally underscore the more and more private tone the 2024 election has taken between the 2 campaigns. Trump additionally took a success at Harris throughout his Michigan rally, after she held a marketing campaign occasion with celebrities Beyonce and Kelly Rowland the earlier night.
“They have to use people to get people to come, and then they send busses,” he mentioned. “We don’t send busses. Everybody comes.”