Donald Trump’s latest speech included fresh jabs at several political opponents, with Barack Obama among those singled out.
Trump has a well-established habit of attacking rivals in public, but comments made during a recent appearance have prompted criticism online.
While outlining what he described as his second-term accomplishments at the White House, Trump mocked a number of Democratic figures, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
In remarks to reporters, he labelled Biden the worst president in US history and again used the nickname ‘sleepy Biden’.
He also claimed Harris was “as bad as he was” and quipped that he would give both of them an IQ test next week.
Turning to Obama, Trump said he was “almost as bad”.
A few days later, during a National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising dinner where he spoke for around an hour, Trump returned to the same theme and escalated his criticism of Obama.
Trump said:
“If you go back to Obama, he was a great divider. He divided this nation. He was a lousy president. The worst president in history was Biden. But Obama was a terrible president.”
His remarks sparked pushback on social media, with some users focusing on the IQ-test joke and his comments about Harris.
One user remarked:
“”Why does he always talk about low IQ when his is incredibly low? Does he know that he is an idiot and he tries to play it off and think we wont notice?”
Another wrote:
“The most unintelligent and inarticulate president in American history has the audacity to criticize someone’s competence.”
Others also resurfaced Trump’s past claims about his own cognitive ability, which previously drew attention after he said he had taken a cognitive test multiple times and received strong feedback from doctors.
Speaking during a cabinet meeting, Trump said:
“I’m the only president that ever took a cognitive test.
“I took it three times. It’s actually a very hard test for a lot of people. It wasn’t hard for me…It starts off with an easy question and by the time you get to the middle it gets tougher – mathematical equations and things.
“I aced it all three times, in front of numerous doctors.
“I was told when I went in… ‘Well, if you take it… and you do badly, it’s probably going to get out…’ One doctor said, ‘I’ve never seen anybody get them all right, I’ve been doing the test for twenty years.”