For much of Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama, known for his affable nature, largely didn’t criticize his successor. But by the time the 2020 presidential campaign came around, the gloves were off and Obama turned his congenial nature on its head and slammed Trump behind the scenes.
During the campaign, Obama stepped into action, making several high-profile campaign appearances for his former vice president, Joe Biden. But behind the scenes, he also voiced plenty of R-rated criticism of Trump behind the scenes, according to “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Donald Trump,” a new book by Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer at The Atlantic.
The Guardian obtained a copy of the book, which is set to be released next week. According to The news outlet, the book says that in conversations with donors and political advisors, Obama called Trump a “corrupt motherf—er,” a “madman,” a “racist, sexist pig,” and a “f—ing lunatic.”
According to The Guardian, Dovere reported that Obama had told “big donors looking to squeeze a reaction out of him in exchange for the big checks they were writing to his foundation” that Trump was “a madman.”
“More often: ‘I didn’t think it would be this bad.’ Sometimes: ‘I didn’t think we’d have a racist, sexist pig,'” Dovere wrote, according to The Guardian.
Dovere described Obama as highly displeased by reports that Trump had been talking with foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, without aides on the calls.
“That corrupt motherf—er,” Obama reportedly said, according to The Guardian.
The reports about Obama’s comments on Trump are likely to elicit a strong reaction from Trump, and we’ll be reporting on it.
