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<\/p>\nUS President Donald Trump has retaliated after his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama delivered scathing criticisms of the incumbent during rallies in Ohio and Michigan.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump labelled the former leader “incompetent” during his own rally in Michigan, which came one day after Mr Obama campaigned alongside Democratic Party candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the same state.<\/p>\n
“Obama was a grossly incompetent President! He paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon.” Mr Trump wrote in a post on social media.<\/p>\n
The US president also slammed Mr Obama for supporting US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.<\/p>\n
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The back and forth unfolded after both parties campaigned across Michigan and Ohio one day apart. (AFP: Roberto Schmidt)<\/p>\n
The hit at Mr El-Sayed comes after Mr Trump and Republican candidate Mike Rogers have repeatedly tried to tie Mr El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood, falsely branding the Democrat a “jihadist.”<\/p>\n
In the same post on social media, Mr Trump called Mr El-Sayed a “Fake Doctor, who runs what is considered to be the WORST CLINIC IN AMERICA.”<\/p>\n
“Michigan doesn’t want an arrogant, Open Borders, Fake Doctor, Jihadist, whose reputation will only get worse as more information is revealed.”<\/p>\n
Mr Trump has been telling voters to view the midterm elections as if he were on the ballot, and on Saturday Mr Obama did just that.<\/p>\n
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Ten days out from the November 3 elections that will determine control of the closely divided Congress, Barack Obama took to the campaign trail to accuse the Republican president of corruption.<\/p>\n
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Mr Obama used Democrat campaign rallies as a stage for criticism of the current President. (Reuters: Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n
Mr Obama spared no mercy when it came to criticism surrounding Mr Trump’s strategy for Iran, and skewered the gilded aesthetic he has applied to White House renovations.<\/p>\n
Taking aim at new renovation projects across the US capital, including the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool and the construction of a White House Ballroom.<\/p>\n
The decorations added to the Oval Office during Mr Trumps second tenure were also not safe from critique.<\/p>\n
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Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. (Truth Social: Donald Trump)<\/p>\n
The former president has retained considerable popularity among the Democratic base, which he is keen to leverage to support his party’s candidates.<\/p>\n
In both states, Mr Obama blamed the Trump administration for the rising cost of living, one of the top voter concerns.<\/p>\n
“The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions,” Mr Obama said in Cleveland, Ohio, where he rallied in support of former Democratic senator Sherrod Brown.<\/p>\n
“Most importantly, he decided to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for.”<\/p>\n
The war on Iran has sent oil prices soaring as Tehran effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz after being attacked.<\/p>\n
“After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, enough is enough,” Mr Obama said.<\/p>\n