Obama Has Temper Tantrum on Stage Over Trump: ‘IT’S MINE!’

Former President Barack Obama criticized Donald Trump's claims about a strong economy, stating, "Yeah, it was pretty good because it was my economy!"

Speaking at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, "Donald Trump’s plan is to do what he did last time, which was give another massive tax cut to billionaires and big corporations."

He went on to say, "The reason some people think, ‘I remember that economy when he first came in being pretty good’ – yeah, it was pretty good because it was my economy! We had 75 straight months of job growth that I handed over to him! It wasn’t something he did! I spent eight years cleaning up the mess that the Republicans left me last time. So just in case anyone has a hazy memory, he didn’t do anything! Except those big tax cuts. His other economic plan now is to slap tariffs on everything, from food to TVs."

Republicans quickly pushed back on Obama’s remarks, labeling them "delusional."

"GDP growth in Obama’s last year in office was 1.6%. Trump did not inherit a strong economy," responded RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway. The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway also chimed in, "In fact, the Obama economy was notoriously sluggish and a big reason why Trump won the first time."

During the rally, Obama also veered into personal jabs, making a light-hearted comment about Trump wearing a diaper after interacting with a heckler.

After Obama asked, "Do you think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?" a voice from the crowd shouted, "His own!" Obama humorously responded, "I almost said that, but I decided I shouldn’t."

Meanwhile, Trump's support has surged in recent national polling. A new survey by ActiVote, conducted from October 3 to October 8, showed Trump with a 1.2% lead over Harris, polling at 50.6% to Harris’s 49.4%. This represents a notable shift, as Trump was previously trailing Harris by 5.4% in a poll from September.

Both polls, which surveyed 1,000 likely voters, had a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points, according to Newsweek.

This is Trump’s first national lead since a Quinnipiac University poll on September 22 showed him 1 point ahead at 48% to Harris’s 47%, with a tie in a direct matchup.

Since then, Harris had led in several polls by as much as 7 points.

Trump is also ahead in five of the seven key battleground states, which will likely be pivotal in determining the election outcome, according to an AtlasIntel poll.

Trump leads Harris in Pennsylvania (51% to 48.1%) and Michigan (50.6% to 47.2%). He also holds slim leads in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Harris, however, is ahead in Nevada and North Carolina.

According to the AtlasIntel poll, should Trump win the five battleground states where he is currently leading, he would secure 290 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 248 that Harris is projected to win.