Obama shreds Trump over ballroom, weird Truth Social movies and household’s crypto fortune: ‘It’s like daily is Halloween’ | EUROtoday

Former President Barack Obama tore into Donald Trump and mentioned it looks like “every day is Halloween — except it’s all tricks and no treats” beneath his administration.

Obama shredded Trump throughout a speech Saturday in assist of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, the place he mentioned, “It’s worse than even I expected.”

“It’s not as if we didn’t see some of this coming,” Obama advised the group on the rally in Norfolk. “I will admit it’s worse than even I expected. But I did warn y’all,” he added.

The former president started by reeling off how the Trump household has benefited from cryptocurrency dealings and accused the president of prioritizing his “billionaire pals and finance bros.”

“Is the economy working better for you? Because it sure has gotten better for Trump and his family,” mentioned Obama.

Members of the Trump household, by an umbrella firm, personal greater than half of the cryptocurrency enterprise World Liberty Financial and it has allegedly netted them tons of of tens of millions of {dollars}, in line with Reuters.

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“Since he’s been in office, the whole crypto business and other ventures have made hundreds of millions of dollars,” Obama continued. “Including from foreign nationals and rich folks investing because they want to stay in the President’s good graces.”

The Independent has contacted the White House for remark.

Obama then criticized Trump for his $300 million ballroom and paving over the White House Rose Garden, which now resembles his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.

“He has been focused on critical issues like paving over the Rose Garden so folks don’t get mud on their shoes, and gold plating the Oval Office and building a $300 million ballroom,” Obama mentioned.

The Democrat then took goal on the synthetic intelligence movies Trump usually posts on his Truth Social account, together with one displaying himself sporting a crown, flying a “KING TRUMP” fighter jet, and bombing a crowd of No Kings protesters with brown liquid.

“And all the nonsense we see on the news every day, the over the top rhetoric, the fabricated conspiracies, the weird videos of a U.S. president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens,” mentioned Obama.

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The video, in line with Obama, is a part of the Trump administration’s try to “distract” voters.

“They do it so you won’t notice that while they’re helping the wealthiest, most powerful people in the country consolidate more wealth and more power, your bills are still going up,” he mentioned.

Trump, in the meantime, spent his Halloween in Palm Beach the place his Mar-a-Lago residence was throwing a Great Gatsby-themed bash.

He was criticized for attending the lavish occasion hours earlier than an important meals help program relied upon by tens of millions of Americans was about to lapse.

Obama was talking just a few days on from a reported revelation that he wished to let a “process” decide the Democratic nominee after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the working in 2024, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl wrote in his new e book Retribution.

He was “not happy” with Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s speedy endorsement of then-Vice President Kamala Harris – and chewed the previous House speaker out in an offended cellphone name, in line with the e book.