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Archive photo · 2 June 2025Trump Retaliates After Obama Campaigns With Abdul El-Sayed In Michigan, Ohio
“He paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon,”
“Now he’s making a speech for Mohamed, today, in a massive crowd!”
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Trump labeled Obama incompetent and linked Abdul El-Sayed to jihadist ties during Michigan rally. Obama campaigned in Ohio and Michigan for El-Sayed and Benson, criticizing Trump and his administration.
Trump and Obama trade blows
President Donald Trump retaliated after former President Barack Obama campaigned with Democratic Party candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and delivered scathing criticisms of the incumbent during Democratic rallies in Ohio and Michigan.
Trump labeled Obama “grossly incompetent” and wrote on social media, “Obama was a grossly incompetent President! He paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon,” in a post tied to the midterm elections.
Trump also attacked El-Sayed as a “jihadist” and called him a “Fake Doctor, who runs what is considered to be the WORST CLINIC IN AMERICA,” as he urged voters to treat the midterm elections as if he were on the ballot.
Obama, in turn, told voters in Cleveland, Ohio, “The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions,” and he accused Trump of starting “an unnecessary war that nobody asked for.”
Iran war and prices
Obama blamed the Trump administration for dragging the United States into “an unnecessary war” against Iran as he campaigned in Ohio and Michigan ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Obama said in Cleveland, Ohio, “The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions,” and he argued that Trump’s Iran strategy drove rising fuel prices.
Obama linked the conflict to disruptions in oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz, where he said Iran has “veto power over the Strait of Hormuz where oil goes through to the world market,” and he added, “This is the reason why the price of oil is up … This is the reason the price of diesel is up.” Trump’s campaign messaging in Michigan also focused on the economy, with Trump telling voters to “pretend that I’m on the ballot” while he railed against Democrats nine days out from the pivotal contest.
Michigan Senate stakes
In Michigan, Donald Trump attacked Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Port Huron, charging, “If he wins, he will let in hordes of jihadists,” and he accused El-Sayed of sympathizing with the Muslim Brotherhood. Trump also attacked Obama in the same Port Huron rally, calling him “my opponent,” and he said, “Obama is now campaigning for a Hamas Muslim Brotherhood jihadist who hates Jews, Black people, Americans and Trump.”
Obama campaigned alongside El-Sayed in Detroit and urged voters to support Democrats, telling the crowd, “Disagreeing on means is different from disagreeing on ends, on our goals,” as he framed the election as about “you” and “us.” El-Sayed used the campaign to argue that Trump’s proposals would harm Americans, saying, “Trump got us into a war we’ve got no business fighting,” while Obama “contained the nuclear threat without war” and “President Obama, he made sure that they didn’t lose their jobs in the worst financial crisis in a century.”