Trump says Obama, 63, is ‘exhausted’ and ‘looks old’ – as 78-year-old pulls out of another campaign event

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Donald Trump, 78, has claimed that Barack Obama, 63, is ‘exhausted’ and ‘looks older’ – hours after the Republican candidate pulled out of yet another campaign event amid growing speculation about his own age and mental acuity .

Trump – the oldest presidential candidate in American history – spoke at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Tuesday evening, where he lashed out at 63-year-old Obama, who was in Detroit with Eminem in support of Kamala Harris.

‘I’m glad they’re getting him out. The reason they take him out is because he doesn’t even want to do it. I think he’s exhausted,” Trump said in an apparent attempt to turn the spotlight on his opponents.

“I saw him talking. I think the man is exhausted.’

He added: “And I never say a man looks old. But he looks a little older, doesn’t he? You know, there’s nothing wrong with that. But he is exhausted.”

The Republican presidential candidate also repeatedly called Obama “a jerk” and said North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un agreed with his assessment.

Meanwhile, in Detroit, Obama tapped the stage after being introduced by Eminem as they campaigned in the Michigan city, which Trump recently insulted.

Trump’s comments come after he pulled out of a number of campaign appearances in recent days amid reports that the 78-year-old is “exhausted.”

Before appearing in Greenville, Trump was expected to join Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday afternoon. and former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard would join for a health-focused virtual town hall. But he canceled at the last minute, with his team citing “changes in Trump’s schedule.”

The Republican has also withdrawn from scheduled interviews with CNBC Squawk Box, the shadow room podcast and NBC.

The series of canceled or rescheduled appearances in recent days have led to reports that Trump is becoming too “exhausted” to fully campaign in the tight race against Harris.

Trump’s team pushed back on that claim, denying that he was exhausted by the campaign trail and calling it “unequivocally false.”

“President Trump has been running circles around Kamala Harris during his campaign,” Trump national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week. “And has been doing media interviews every day this week. He has more energy and a harder work ethic than anyone in politics.”

Trump’s age and his mental capabilities have come under increasing scrutiny since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race. The Trump campaign previously used the president’s age as a line of attack, but now finds itself on the receiving end.

When he takes back the White House next month, Trump will be the oldest person in American history to be elected president.

Mental health experts have spoken out about Trump’s cognitive “decline,” to which the former president has responded by calling on Harris to take a cognitive test.

Experts told it before The independent that Trump seems to have “lost touch with reality,” as evidenced by his “incoherent” speeches and “erratic” debate performance on September 10.

Dr. Ben Michaelis, a clinical psychologist who has previously conducted cognitive assessments for the New York Supreme Court, said The independent that Trump is “really not in a strong cognitive place,” while Allen Frances, professor and chairman emeritus of psychiatry at the Duke School of Medicine, said it “seems likely” that Trump has “deteriorated a lot.”

Trump claimed he took two cognitive tests and “passed” them both.