Addressing a public rally seeking support for Democrat Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, former US President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump, saying that the Republican candidate cares only about “his ego, money and status”.
Obama said Harris is as prepared for the job as any nominee for president has ever been.
“We are ready for President Kamala Harris. That’s what we want and the good news is Kamala Harris is ready for the job. This is a leader who has spent her entire life fighting for people who need a champion. Somebody raised in the middle class, worked at McDonald’s while she was in college just to pay her expenses, somebody who believes in the values that built this country. And she is as prepared for the job as any nominee for president has ever been,” he said at the rally in Nevada.
Obama also showered praises on Walz. He said, “I love that guy. Tim’s a veteran. He is a teacher, he is a football coach, he is a hunter. Been a great governor, working with Democrats and Republicans to get stuff done. And I just found out he can take vintage trucks apart and put them back together again. You think Donald Trump can do that?”
Obama said Trump is either trying to sell a Trump Bible or trying to sell the voters off. He said the Republican candidate has not stopped whining ever since he started to address the public nine years ago.
“I have said it before and I am gonna say it again, Donald Trump is a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problem since he rode down that golden escalator nine years ago. He is constantly complaining, and when he is not complaining, he is trying to sell you stuff,” he said.
“He is trying to sell you a Trump Bible. He’s got his name right next to Matthew and Luke. And I will give you one guess where those bibles are made — in China. This is Mr Tough Guy on China except when he can make a few bucks… And the reason he is doing it is because all he cares about is his ego, money and his status. He is not thinking about you. He sees power as nothing more than a means to meet his ends. He wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut, to help mostly him and his country club buddies,” he added.
Obama said Trump wants the US to be hopelessly divided between “us and them”. Between ‘real Americans’ who obviously support him and anybody who doesn’t because having people divided and angry and resentful and full of grievance boosts his chances of being elected.