President Trump dismissed a soaring speech today by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that took aim at his politics and enablers, saying simply: "I fell asleep."
Trump made the remarks during an event in Fargo, North Dakota, a short time after Obama took the unusual step of rebuking a sitting president, casting the need to vote as "dire."
"I'm sorry, I watched it, but I fell asleep," Trump told the crowd at the fundraiser. "I found he's very good. Very good for sleeping."
Trump displayed what he said was a list of his administration's accomplishments and ticked through some of them.
“Isn’t this much more exciting than listening to President Obama?” Trump said. “Because we get things done.”
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"Just a glance at recent headlines should tell you that this moment really is different," Obama said at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "The stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., took to Twitter to defend the president in the wake of Obama's speech.
Former Vice President Joe Biden lauded Obama's remarks.