Former President Barack Obama has addressed Donald Trump’s apparent ‘obsession’ with him – saying he exists in a ‘suite in his head’.
Speaking with former NBA player Matt Barnes on ‘All the Smoke’ podcast, Barnes brought up how Trump is ‘very fascinated’ with Obama and his family.
Barnes then asked the former President: ‘Do you ever want to cuss his a** out sometimes?’
‘The thing about it is… the obsession,’ Obama replied. ‘I obviously have a room in his head, a suite in his head.’
Trump often brings up Obama. Days ago, when confronted about the ongoing issues with his reflecting pool, the President also blamed Obama, who was in office almost ten years ago now.
He replied to the reporter: ‘Barack Hussein Obama, have you ever heard of him?’
During the podcast, Obama also said his last worry during his two terms as President was worrying about his ‘predecessor’, George W Bush.
‘They’re gone. I’ve got work to do. The idea that I’d be worrying about somebody who came before and me trying to measure like, ‘what’s he done today?’ Constantly worrying about that is a strange thing to me,’ Obama added.
‘It shows me somebody who is not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.’
In recent years, Trump has brought up Obama on a number of occasions. Mainly to disparage him, but also to brag about his own accomplishments while trying to diminish Obama’s.
In 2023, Trump claimed that a former White House doctor said he was healthier than Obama.
Trump brought up Ronny Jackson, who was the physician to the president for him in his first term, Obama, and Bush.
‘He was my doctor. He was Obama’s doctor, too, by the way,’ Trump said. ‘I said, “Who’s healthier?” He said, “Sir, there’s no contest.” I won’t tell you the answer, but you know the answer, OK? It was me.’
Earlier this year, Trump posted a shocking video to Truth Social showing both Barack and Michelle Obama’s faces on ape bodies.
The minute-long video about rigged voting machines, which has since been deleted, showed a two-second shot of the former President and First Lady as apes.
They were dancing in a jungle with The Lion Sleeps Tonight playing in the background.
When a journalist criticised Trump for ‘not knowing what was going on in his name after the President claimed he didn’t post it, he lashed out.
He said: ‘I know a hell of a lot better than you do. You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on.’
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