President Donald Trump sharply criticized former President Barack Obama in a statement promoting Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan, accusing the former president of supporting unsuccessful Democratic candidates and backing a candidate Trump portrayed as hostile to American interests.

Trump called Obama a “grossly incompetent President” and renewed his criticism of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, arguing that the Obama administration provided Tehran with billions of dollars and created a path toward developing nuclear weapons.

The president also pointed to Obama's support for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 and former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, both of whom lost their presidential campaigns. Trump argued that Obama's political influence had failed to deliver victories for Democratic candidates and predicted another defeat for the candidate he said Obama was now supporting.

Trump then turned his attention to Michigan, where he endorsed Republican Mike Rogers and attacked his opponent, criticizing the candidate's medical background and making allegations about the individual's views on Jews, Black Americans, and the United States. Trump also used the term “Jihadist” to describe the opponent, without providing evidence for the characterization in his statement.

The president argued that Michigan voters should reject what he described as an open-border agenda and support Rogers instead. He also defended his own record in the state, claiming he had helped restore automotive industry jobs, supported the return of a military air base and delivered record employment.

“I won Michigan, BIG, have brought back the Car Industry, the Air Force Base, and everything else,” Trump wrote, adding that the state did not want what he described as an “arrogant, Open Borders, Fake Doctor, Jihadist.”

Trump concluded with a direct endorsement of Rogers, declaring, “VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS! He will never let you down!”

The statement reflects Trump's continued effort to shape Michigan's political contests by tying Republican candidates to his administration's economic and immigration agenda while attacking Democrats and their prominent supporters. His remarks also renewed his longstanding feud with Obama, whom Trump has repeatedly blamed for policies and political campaigns he opposes.