The former president, who made his political name questioning Barack Obama's citizenship, softened his tone considerably in a new interview.
Donald Trump praised his predecessor, Barack Obama, on Tuesday ahead of the latter's speech at the Democratic National Convention.Speaking to CNN in Detroit, the Republican nominee said that he personally liked Obama, describing him as a 'nice gentleman' but added that he felt Obama was weak on trade.'Take a look at Japan, take a look at China, take at look at some of these countries and what they did,' Trump told CNN's Kristen Holmes. 'But I happen to like him.
'I think he's the worst president maybe in the history of our country,' he told the outlet, while also saying that Obama had been a 'disaster'.Trump also repeated more standard Republican criticism that Obama, then at the end of his second term, had been weak an ineffective as president.
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