Donald Trump has never officially run against Barack Obama. But one gets the sense that, for the last decade-plus, he’s wished he was.
The former president, who got his start in national politics pushing the lie about Obama’s birth certificate, has frequently railed against his predecessor in office, despite running against Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and now Kamala Harris. He did that again Thursday, and in doing so appeared to forget who is currently president of the United States.
Trump appeared on Fox News Thursday and was talking about Iran when host Brian Kilmeade had to correct the former president about the name of the president.
“Brian, it’s all coming through Iran, and Obama wants to, he doesn’t want to talk about it,” Trump complained. “He doesn’t want to mention, he doesn’t even mention them in his statements,” Trump said.
Trump confuses who is currently president, forcing Fox host to correct him: “You mean President Biden. So, um…” pic.twitter.com/tlF8zcj0W9
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This left Kilmeade to correct his frequent guest.
“Well, you mean President Biden,” Kilmeade said.
This led to some very stunned reactions.
Trump thinks Obama is still the president.
Trump thinks the Nazis are the good guys.
Trump is a sexual predator.
Trump cheats the people who work for him.
Trump instigated an armed insurrection.
Trump is a 34-time felon.
Trump has faced 6 bankruptcies. https://t.co/uAoPiiNVSs— @paulfriedmann.bsky.social (@mathteacherjedi) October 24, 2024
.@JoeBiden was forced out of the race due to a bad debate. Donald Trump doesn’t know who the current President is. The American people deserve to know if he has a medical issue that would impair his abilities to be President. https://t.co/d0q87uDvsd
— Eric 🇺🇸🦅 (@NYCDemocrat318) October 24, 2024
Trump in interview clearly states he thinks current President is Obama. If Biden had done this, we’d have had four front page stories in multiple big papers. It’s not too late, big media: Do your job, the last ten days, or live with the shame and consequences. https://t.co/0kb32cCeos
— Steve Kettmann (@SteveKettmann) October 24, 2024
Barack Obama, of course, has been on the campaign trail making the case against the man who succeeded him as president. On Thursday, he warned of an “older, loonier” Donald Trump while appearing in Wisconsin.
“There are questions about his competence. I mean, he’s out there giving two-hour speeches. It’s like Fidel Castro – just keeps on talking. It’s just word salads,” Obama said at the rally for Harris in Madison.
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