In a speech on Friday at the University of Illinois, Obama offered his most pointed criticism yet of Trump, accusing him of cozying up to Russia, emboldening white supremacists and polarizing the nation. The speech kicked off Obama’s campaigning on behalf of fellow Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.
“You happen to be coming of age amid backlash to progress,” Obama told the students. “It did not start with Donald Trump, he is a symptom, not the cause. He is just capitalizing on resentment that politicians have been fanning for years,” the former President said.Trump ridiculed the speech at a during a fundraiser in North Dakota the same day. “I’m sorry, I watched it, but I fell asleep… “I found that he’s very, very good for sleeping,” he said.
