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Obama unloads on Trump while stumping for Democrats ahead of midterms
Oct 24 -
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Obama → unload → midterms
US President Donald Trump has been telling voters to view the midterm elections as if he were on the ballot, and on Saturday one of his Democratic predecessors did just that.
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one → tell → that
Ten days out from the elections that will determine control of the closely divided Congress, Barack Obama took to the campaign trail to accuse the Republican president of corruption, deride his strategy for Iran and skewer the gilded aesthetic he has applied to White House renovations.
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he → determine → renovations
Obama stumped for Democratic candidates at rallies in Cleveland and Detroit, lampooning the Trump administration.
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Obama → stump → administration
Campaigning in Michigan for US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Obama framed the November 3 vote as a "circuit breaker" to "at least rein in some of the foolishness" of Trump's presidency.
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Obama → campaign → presidency
"We got to flip that circuit breaker, bring some accountability to this government," Obama said.
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Obama → got → government
Obama, president from 2009 until Trump began his first term in 2017, remains one of the most popular figures among Democrats.
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Trump → begin → Democrats
They hope that bringing him into the race can fire up their supporters for a tight US Senate race in which El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers, a former US representative.
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Sayed → hope → Rogers
The former president obliged the Michigan crowd by playing to Democrats' frequently repeated criticisms of Trump and of Republicans' willingness to go along with him.
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president → oblige → him
"We have never seen a president excel in straight-up grifting, on your dime, like this," Obama said.
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Obama → see → this
Now the party seems to stand for corrupt government, or inept government, or no government."
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party → seem → government
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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House → respond → comment
A Reuters/Ipsos poll in August found that 63% of Americans think the president and his family have inappropriately profited from cryptocurrency since he returned to the White House last year and that 69% believe his policy decisions are influenced by his private business dealings.
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decisions → find → dealings
Obama also ridiculed the administration's claims of victory against Iran.
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Obama → ridicule → Iran
He argued that the war has given Iran more economic leverage because its threats to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have unsettled oil exporters.
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threats → argue → exporters
"Iran now has veto power over the Strait of Hormuz, where oil goes through to get to the world," Obama said.
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Obama → have → world
The former president also accused the Trump administration of emphasizing unimportant matters, sarcastically calling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth someone "laser-focused on important matters like the jawline and testosterone levels of our troops" and ridiculing White House renovations as tacky.
"He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory," Obama said.
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Obama → accuse → Factory
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