Topics: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Republicans, US News, Politics, Health
Donald Trump has issued fresh criticism of Barack Obama, just as a new poll shows his approval ratings have drastically plummeted.
The president himself has declared he's on the 'war' path, especially now that Republicans have suffered a major blow from coast-to-coast as of Tuesday (November 4).
Democrat Zohran Mamdani won the race for New York mayor, Trump's historic home turf, while New Jersey and Virginia also elected Democrats, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, in their respective gubernatorial races.
All eyes will now be on the vital midterm election next year, and Trump hasn't forgotten, suddenly ramping up his efforts to appeal to swathes of the country that appear to be tiptoeing to the left if this week's results are anything to go by.
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In the spirit of slamming his rivals with renewed spirit, Trump has declared Obamacare, known formally as the Affordable Care Act, 'a total disaster'.
Obama, as the 44th President of the United States, signed the act into law in 2010, which has since been called the most important piece of legislation since Medicare and Medicaid, granting millions of Americans access to healthcare.
Yet in the almost 30-second-long clip, Trump is clearly less than impressed with it, stating: "As I've said for years, Obamacare is a total disaster waiting to happen. Rates are going through the roof for the really bad healthcare that you're not getting, even.
"Do something Democrats. Sit down and do something," he continued in his rant. "We wanna make it better or we wanna get something that's good.
"Obamacare is a disaster. Too expensive and the rates are going too high. I said it right from the beginning, it's no good."
His comments come as Republicans and Democrats continue to stand off over budget spending in a government shutdown that's now the longest in US history, with an end to the stalemate that kicked off on October 1 still nowhere in sight.
Part and parcel of the shutdown are disagreements over Obamacare subsidies, though a recent poll by KFF found a staggering 74 per cent of US adults are in favor of extending tax credits, which are set to expire by the end of the year, as per Reuters.
Meanwhile, a separate poll that dropped on Monday (November 3) this week shows Trump's approval rating has plummeted to one of its lowest points, with just 37 per cent of US citizens expressing support for the president's performance over the last 10 months.
Researchers surveyed 1,245 Americans between 27 and 30 October, which gave an eye-watering 63 per cent disapproval rating for the president, only one percentage point higher than his lowest score ever recorded by CNN, which came in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riot in January 2021.
The majority (68 per cent) also felt things were going 'pretty/very badly' in the country under the 78-year-old's leadership, with many citing the economy and cost of living as their prevailing concerns.
Yet, while Trump appears to place blame on Democrats and Obama for the country's ills, another Marquette University poll suggests voters aren't buying it.
Based on a survey of 1,005 US adults between September 5 and September 24 this year, the POTUS scored a net favorability of -15 points, based on 42 per cent saying they viewed Trump favorably to 57 who said they didn't, while Obama came out victorious with a net favorability of 17 points, as 57 per cent of participants against 40 per cent said they view him favorably.
Prior to election day, Obama appeared to abandon his usual diplomatic resolve by declaring Trump to be 'worse than even I expected.'
