US Elections: Barack Obama Mocks Donald Trump For Being Obsessed With Crowd Size, Says He Is ‘Jealous Of Covid Media Coverage’

Former United States President Barack Obama has criticized President Donald Trump for being selfish and incompetent during a campaign event in Flint, Michigan.

Obama spoke at a drive-in on Saturday at his first joint campaign event with Joe Biden. Obama told the crowd that Trump “cares about feeding your ego,” while Biden “cares about keeping you and your families safe.”

Wearing a black jacket but no mask, the former president spoke for Biden’s character in personal terms. He called the former vice president “my brother” and declared, “I love Joe Biden, and he will be a great president.”

Obama said the president is “jealous of the Covid media coverage” and joked that Trump is obsessed with crowd size.

“What is your obsession, by the way, with crowd size? You are still worried that your grand opening crowd is smaller than mine … Don’t you have anything better to worry about? No one attended your party. birthday when he was a child? Was he traumatized?

Obama also criticized Trump for his masculinity, stating that being a man once meant “taking care of other people”, not “showing off and showing off, acting important, intimidating people.”

“Joe Biden tries to live the values ​​we hold dear. Honesty, hard work, kindness, humility, responsibility. Helping someone else.

“That used to be the definition of manhood. Not showing off and showing off, acting big, intimidating people. It used to be, being a man meant taking care of other people. Not showing off, just doing the job. For credit , trying to live well. “

Obama won the state of Michigan twice before Trump won it in 2016 by just over 10,000 votes, and he encouraged the crowd to vote, warning them not to be “complacent.”

We are three days away from Election Day and both candidates are busy.

Trump is holding four demonstrations in the crucial state of Pennsylvania. Biden is in Michigan, where he will participate in a couple of events with his former boss, Obama. And the two vice presidential nominees, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, also traverse the country.

While Obama has been active on the Biden track in recent weeks, this is their first joint campaign day.

Michigan remains one of Biden’s main targets as he seeks to rebuild the “blue wall” of the Rust Belt states, including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which went to Obama previously but gave Trump a victory in 2016.

Trump is also drawing attention to the state, with a visit to Michigan on Friday and two more planned for Sunday and Monday.

Melania hits

Meanwhile, Melania Trump defends the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and criticizes Biden for his dire warnings about the crisis.

The first lady says in prepared remarks to a crowd in Wisconsin that the Trump administration has “worked tirelessly” on behalf of Americans during the crisis. He accuses Congressional Democrats of being an obstacle to further aid from the virus.

Like the president, Melania Trump is going after Biden for saying the United States is heading into a “dark winter” due to the pandemic.

The first lady says “that is not the statement of a leader.” She says Biden wants people to hide in fear in their basements instead of “working bravely” to find solutions.

She says the president is focused on destroying the virus and creating ways for people to safely reunite with their friends again.

Trump and Biden move closer to swing states

Trump says the nation is at a crossroads as Election Day approaches.

He spoke Saturday near the Pennsylvania site where George Washington was based before crossing the Delaware River. Trump said this election has the potential to be an equally momentous event.

In three days, the president said, “this is the state that will save the American dream.” He predicted victory in Pennsylvania.

Trump, who narrowly won in Pennsylvania in 2016, will hold four events across the state on Saturday as he intends to keep him in his column. Without the state, his path to 270 electoral votes becomes much more challenging.

Trump narrowly lost Bucks County in the Philadelphia suburbs in 2016. He hopes to at least keep Biden’s margins low in that part of the state while he raises the score in more rural areas.

“We are spending the day in Pennsylvania and I think we are doing extremely well with the votes,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House this morning.

“It will be three very interesting days. It’s going to be a very interesting Tuesday.

“A big red wave has formed. We are doing very well.”

Red, of course, is the color associated with Trump’s Republican Party.

Obama plans to campaign in Georgia on Monday in an election eve attempt to turn the traditionally Republican into the Democratic column.

Obama will be in Atlanta for a rally to promote Biden and the top two Democratic candidates for the state Senate. Jon Ossoff challenges Republican Senator David Perdue, and fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock is running in a special election against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler.

Georgia has not voted for a Democrat in a presidential race since 1992. But Biden’s campaign seeks to capitalize on the favorable political environment in the state as the coronavirus pandemic drags President Donald Trump into typically Republican states.

Biden was in Georgia last week and his running mate, Kamala Harris, campaigned there the week before.

But Republicans are working to defend their hold on the state, and Trump is set to campaign in Georgia on Sunday.

Obama is also scheduled to visit Florida on Monday, his second visit to the state in a week. Democrats believe that if they can deny the president a victory in Florida, it will help counter any possible efforts by Trump and others to raise questions about the legitimacy of the election.

-AP, news.com.au