Donald Trump, irritated by the FBI’s decision not to pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, unleashed on the former secretary of state and President Obama during a campaign rally Tuesday night.
“We’ve got a person in the White House that’s having a lot fun,” Trump said of Obama, who hit the campaign trail with Clinton hours after federal investigators said her mishandling of classified information did not warrant criminal charges.
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“I watched today, it’s like a carnival act,” he added. “We need a president who’s going to bring us back. We need a president who’s not going to be divisive. We need a president who’s going to take care of the African-American community. We need a president who’s going to create jobs for the Hispanics who don’t have jobs.”
Trump continued, “We need a president who’s going to turn our country around and Obama can’t do it and Hillary Clinton will be even worse.”
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee eventually shifted his focus to Obama’s counterterrorism strategy, claiming the president has put his golf game ahead of national security.
“Our country’s going to hell, ISIS is laughing at us … and he’s out there playing golf with just about as long a trip as you can make from Washington,” he said, referring to Obama’s golf excursions to Hawaii. “Then after a long extended vacation he gets on his plane, flies back and starts talking about the environment.”
“Give me a break,” Trump added, fuming.
Hours before the billionaire took the stage in Raleigh, N.C., Clinton was beaming as she stood beside the president during a campaign stop in nearby Charlotte. It was the Democratic duo’s first appearance together on the campaign trail and Obama, who is seen by many as a natural on the campaign trail, did not disappoint.
“We’re not going to build walls around America,” Obama said Tuesday, drawing cheers from the audience. “Even the Republicans on the other side don’t know what the other guy’s talking about. You ask them, they’re like ‘I don’t know’ and then they kind of duck the other way.”
Trump, meanwhile, was joined by neighboring Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who’s rumored to be on the real estate mogul’s vice presidential shortlist. Unlike Obama, who snapped selfies with Clinton supporters after the former first lady had finished delivering her stump speech, Corker reportedly left the event shortly after Trump concluded his remarks.
