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Trump says Michelle Obama has made 'big mistake' by criticizing him
The Straits Times
|October 30, 2024
WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump said that Mrs Michelle Obama had made a "big mistake" by criticizing him, as he responded on Oct 28 for the first time to her recent searing comments about his mental state.
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"I always tried to be so nice and respectful," said Trump, who in 2011 spent weeks spreading the lie that Mr Barack Obama, the country's first black president, was actually born in Kenya, with the insinuation being that he was therefore illegitimately in office.
He added: "She opened up a little bit of a box."
Trump made the comments at a rally in Atlanta, in response to what Mrs Michelle Obama, the former first lady, said about him while campaigning on Oct 26 for Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan.
At that event, Mrs Obama said some voters were ignoring Trump's "gross incompetence".
This story is from the October 30, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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