Obama questions Trump’s Iran war strategy, tariffs ahead of November 3 midterm polls

Former US President Barack Obama and current President Donald Trump held dueling rallies in Georgia and Ohio five days before the November 3 midterm elections with Obama attacking the Iran war and tariffs and Trump mocking his predecessor while backing IndianAmerican Vivek Ramaswamy for the Ohio GovernorCampaigning in the Atlanta area on Wednesday for Senator Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms Obama said the President had chosen to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for and nobody voted for according to remarks released by his officeThis is the reason why the price of oil is up This is the reason why the price of diesel is up the price of just about everything is up he addedAnd by the way contrary to the promises and statements and declarations that were made seven months ago this war is not over Its still going on which means you are not getting any relief anytime soonHe mocked Trumps trade war with CanadaAnd the big trade war hes waging now is that wellknown evil empire that historical adversary of the United States Canada the people who gave us maple syrup and Martin Short the nicest people around our friendly neighbours to the North Obama saidNow theyre booing our hockey gamesHe also returned to his jibe about White House renovationsThey mobiliSed a whole of government response to that joke not to inflation but to that joke Obama said The Guardian reportedObama urged Georgians to vote early before Fridays deadlineAt the same time in Chillicothe Ohio Trump rallied for Senator Jon Husted and Ramaswamy and hit back at Obama over the renovationsI paid for it myself I fixed it and now its more beautiful and in better shape Trump said according to The Guardian calling Obama someone who doesnt understand cleanliness who doesnt understand broken cracked stone and sidewalkHe also said of Obamas campaigning He got involved with Hillary Clinton and he lost He then got involved with Kamala and he lostTrump attacked the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as one of the dumbest deals Ive ever seen in my lifeHe again defended Ramaswamys advertisement featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Amy ActonThe mother said that Amy Acton the daughter is a liar that shes no good that she lied about the opponent How the hell is that his problem he said NBC4 and Al Jazeera reportedNBC4 noted the mother never says in the ad that Acton lied about RamaswamyNational polls favour DemocratsAn NPRPBS NewsMarist poll conducted on October 1920 gave Democrats a 5244 per cent lead among likely voters on the generic Congressional ballotThe Harvard CAPSHarris poll conducted on October 2426 put the race at 5248 among voters and Trumps approval at 39 per centSeveral IndianAmericans are on the November 3 ballotBesides Ramaswamy the Houses IndianAmerican members including Ro Khanna Pramila Jayapal Raja Krishnamoorthi Ami Bera Shri Thanedar and Suhas Subramanyam are seeking reelection Nithya Raman is running for Mayor of Los Angeles and Saritha Komatireddy as Republican Party nominee for the New York Attorney General