Obama roasts Trump, and other highlights from his fiery DNC speech

Barack Obama didn’t hold back during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.

The former president took to the stage at the DNC “feeling fired up” and, indeed, kept that energy up throughout his 35-minute address at the United Center in his hometown of Chicago. Amid glowing endorsements of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and heaps of praise for President Joe Biden, Obama took time to get some shots in at Donald Trump.

“Here’s a 78-year-old billionaire who hasn’t stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago,” Obama said, referring to the day Trump announced his campaign for president at the Trump Tower in 2015. “It’s been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that’s actually gotten worse now that he’s afraid of losing to Kamala.”

Obama then took aim at Trump for his love of “childish nicknames” and his affinity for “crazy conspiracy theories.” In a comment that garnered uproarious applause, Obama pointed out Trump’s “weird obsession with crowd sizes,” while holding his hand a few inches apart — which came across more as a joke about anatomy than anything else.

“It just goes on and on,” he continued. “The other day, I heard someone compare Trump to the neighbour who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day.”

“We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos,” Obama said. “We have seen that movie before, and we all know that the sequel is usually worse.”

On the other hand, Harris is “not the neighbour running the leaf blower — she’s the neighbour rushing over to help when you need a hand.”

While praising Harris’ policy plans on housing, healthcare and education, Obama spoke about the need for the next president