On Friday night, Barack Obama spent some time humorously criticizing Donald Trump’s recent strange behavior, warning that America could see “an older, loonier” version of Trump “with no guardrails” if he wins the presidency again next month.
“You would be worried if your grandpa was acting like this,” Obama joked with the crowd in Tucson as he campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris and Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is running for an open Senate seat there.
The former president specifically targeted Trump’s much-ridiculed town hall earlier in the week, where the Republican presidential nominee spent nearly 40 minutes swaying to music on stage instead of answering questions.
“Can you imagine if I did that?” Obama said. “Our playlist would probably be better.”
Addressing Trump’s recent bizarre claim that he’s “the father of IVF,” Obama humorously added: “I do not know what that means. You do not either.”
Obama also took aim at Trump’s latest claim that the January 6, 2021 insurrection in Washington, D.C. was a “day of love,” saying Trump made the deadly riot “sound like it was Woodstock.”
However, Obama’s tone turned serious. “Tucson, we do not need to see what an older, loonier Donald Trump looks like with no guardrails,” he warned the crowd.
The former president also entertained the crowd with commentary on Trump’s various business ventures, from $400 gold sneakers to high-end watches that cost thousands.
“When he’s not complaining, he’s trying to sell you stuff,” Obama joked. “He’s got his gold sneakers, he’s got the $100,000 watch — says it’s a Swiss watch, but nobody can actually figure out where in Switzerland this thing was made.”
But Obama’s “favorite” Trump product, he said, is the $60 Trump-branded Bible.
“He’s got the Trump Bible — wants you to buy the word of God, Donald Trump edition,” he continued. “His name’s gonna be on there, embossed, right next to Luke and Mark and Matthew,” he said, referring to three of the gospels from the New Testament.
