President Donald Trump couldn’t let former President Barack Obama have the last word.
The two have traded insults for years, and their rivalry shows no signs of cooling. This time, Trump revived old grievances after hearing about Obama’s rally appearance.
Trump lost it, lashing out at Obama and at people who weren’t even part of the original fight.
Early Sunday, Trump attacked Obama’s record and revisited electoral losses by candidates the 44th had endorsed. He accused Obama of handing Iran billions of dollars and a path to nuclear weapons.
Whatever Obama said at the rally had gotten under Trump’s skin; he wasn’t letting it slide.
“Obama was a grossly incompetent President!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He also ridiculed Obama’s support for his former opponents Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, reminding followers that both women lost to him.
Trump then turned his attention to Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, branding him a “Muslim Brotherhood Jihadist” and a “Fake Doctor” before urging voters to support Republican candidate Mike Rogers.
Journalist Aaron Rupar had a theory on what set Trump off. “Oh boy — Natalie must’ve showed Trump clips from Obama’s speeches,” he joked on X.
One person replied, “Another crash out from the mad king,” while another warned, “Good Lord, put down the phone, grandpa.”
A third person wrote, “He is such a cry baby – instead of him to LOL to the Cheesecake Factory comment, he is getting offended – he is fragile, ego, just like the rest of the MAGATs.”
Obama said the gloves are off as he came out swinging Saturday, Oct. 24, in Cleveland. He was campaigning for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton and Senate hopeful Sherrod Brown.
With the Nov. 3 midterm elections just 10 days away, the 65-year-old former president came to talk politics and call out Trump for ignoring rising costs while obsessing over White House makeovers.
He suggested Trump is so obsessed that he should change careers.
“I don’t know if you noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovations. He should be on HGTV!” Obama joked.
Obama ran through Trump’s massive ballroom, the South Lawn overhaul, and the gold he slapped all over the White House.
“What’s up with the gold? More gold!” he asked before landing the knockout line.
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory!” said Obama.
The former president also accused Trump of using the presidency to line his own pockets while Americans struggled with rising costs. He pointed to the president’s cryptocurrency ventures and business deals involving his family.
“From meme coins to taxpayer-funded contracts for his kids’ company, this is someone who has become billions of dollars wealthier in office,” Obama said.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner used the allegation to question Trump’s priorities, arguing that the president appeared more focused on his own financial interests than the economic problems facing everyday Americans.
Obama also questioned what happened to Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp.” He pointed to the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool as the only thing he drained.
“There was the Reflecting Pool in the National Mall after some no-bid contractors got it all messed up,” Obama said.
He added that Trump and members of his administration then tried to blame a three-time Olympian for allegedly vandalizing the site.
Obama took aim at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the toll of the Iran war. He cited wounded American troops, depleted missile stockpiles and Iran’s growing control over the Strait of Hormuz.
“Meanwhile, you’ve got the defense secretary who’s squarely focused on important matters like the jawlines and testosterone levels of our troops.”
Later that day, Obama headed to Detroit, where he defended El-Sayed and reminded the crowd of the birther lie Trump once pushed against him.
“We have seen this movie before. I starred in it,” Obama said. “I’ve got a long-form birth certificate to prove it.”
Social media ate it up.
On X, one viewer declared that 44th simply told what everyone was thinking, adding, “No lies detected.”
Many fear more tantrums or late-night meltdowns as the weeks near the elections. One person noted, “Someone get the popcorn with extra butter please this is going to be good … TRIGGERED!!!
Saturday capped a year of Obama giving Trump the same energy he gives out.
In May, he stopped playing nice on “The Late Show,” slamming Trump for scrapping the Iran nuclear deal.
When Colbert noted Trump’s opposition to the deal, Obama didn’t miss a beat. “Yeah, because I did it, which is fine, that seems to be a pattern.”
In June, the former lawyer tackled that petty obsession on the “All the Smoke” podcast, saying, “I obviously have a room in his head… a suite in his head.”
By September, Trump had banned three major media outlets from the White House. He eventually caved and let them back in.
Obama asked a Colgate University crowd to picture the outrage if he had booted Fox News. “It’s unimaginable!” he said.
That’s the Obama magic. He slides from policy to punchline without breaking stride.
Trump may have gotten the last post. But Obama will always get the last laugh.
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama https://t.co/3fH8IQP1MG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2026
