Barack Obama breaks his silence

Barack Obama has now addressed the controversy in an interview with The New Yorker, saying he does not necessarily view it as a personal attack — but feels differently when it comes to his family.

He said: “I don’t take it personally,” and continued: “I mean, I’m always offended when my wife and kids get dragged into things, because they didn’t choose this… That’s a line that even people whose politics I deeply reject, I would expect them to care about. I would never talk about somebody’s family in that way.”

Obama also expressed concern over the AI-generated videos Trump has shared, saying they treat war “like a video game” and show “excrement dumped on ordinary citizens.”

He added: “I mean, I’m a fair target in the sense of, yeah, you can feel free to pick on me, because I’m your own size.”