# Trump and Obama trade barbs on campaign trail in final days before midterms

https://mins.news/en/item/120598

- The Guardian, 2026-10-29 10:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/29/midterm-elections-politics-trump-obama-california-alaska-latest-news-updates

> With less than a week before congressional elections, Donald Trump and Barack Obama continued trading insults at campaign events. Obama called Trump and Republicans “not serious people,” while Trump defended his White House renovations. A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s request to have California separate ballots allegedly cast by non-citizens.

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