Henning Høeg

Donald Trump og hans forgænger i Det Hvide Hus Barack Obama, farer nu i flæsket på hinanden via Twitter.

I anledning af den amerikanske helligdag 'President's Day (mandag) antydede Barack Obama, at Trump slet ikke bør tage æren for USA's forbedrede økonomi.

Donald Trump kaldte herefter Obama for 'fake news' og den nuværende præsident er som sædvanlig hurtig på mobil-tastaturet.

»Sikke en snydepels. Obama havde det svageste økonomi-comeback siden den store depression,« skriver Trump således på Twitter.

Stive miner ved præsident George H. Bush' begravelse i 2018.
Stive miner ved præsident George H. Bush' begravelse i 2018. Foto: POOL - Reuters
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»For 11 år siden midt under den værste recession i flere generationer, underskrev jeg loven 'The Recovery Act'.

»Hermed var vejen banet for den længste årrække med fortløbende økonomisk opsving.«

Sådan lød Barack Obamas første Twitter-skriv.

Siden sine otte år som USAs 44. præsident er Barack Obama blevet kendt som 'No Drama Obama' - intet unødvendigt drama fra dén front.

Men med blot to uger til 'Super Tuesday', hvor ikke færre end 14 amerikanske stater afholder deres primærvalg, er det gamle fjendskab imellem Trump og Obama ved at blusse op.

(COMBO)(FILES) This combination of file pictures created on May 31, 2017 shows former US President Barack Obama delivering a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, after an international climate accord was reached in Paris on December 12, 2015, and US President Donald Trump speaking during his meeting with the Israeli President at his residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, US media reported on May 31, 2017, as the president kept the world guessing - - saying an announcement will come in the "next few days." An American pullout would deal a devastating blow to global efforts to combat climate change less than 18 months after the historic 196-nation pact was signed in Paris, fruit of a hard-fought agreement between Beijing and Washington under Barack Obama's leadership. / AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO AND POOL / NICHOLAS KAMM AND ATEF SAFADI. (Foto: NICHOLAS KAMM, ATEF SAFADI/Scanpix 2017)
(COMBO)(FILES) This combination of file pictures created on May 31, 2017 shows former US President Barack Obama delivering a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, after an international climate accord was reached in Paris on December 12, 2015, and US President Donald Trump speaking during his meeting with the Israeli President at his residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, US media reported on May 31, 2017, as the president kept the world guessing - - saying an announcement will come in the "next few days." An American pullout would deal a devastating blow to global efforts to combat climate change less than 18 months after the historic 196-nation pact was signed in Paris, fruit of a hard-fought agreement between Beijing and Washington under Barack Obama's leadership. / AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO AND POOL / NICHOLAS KAMM AND ATEF SAFADI. (Foto: NICHOLAS KAMM, ATEF SAFADI/Scanpix 2017) Foto: NICHOLAS KAMM, ATEF SAFADI - AFP
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Under den årlige pressemiddag i 2011 ydmygede Barack Obama med en række dybt personlige vittigheder en af de tilstedeværende, Donald Trump.

Under valgkampen i 2015 og 2016 støttede Trump til gengæld sammensværgelsesteorien om, at Barack Obama slet ikke er amerikansk statsborger.

20. januar 2017, da Trump flyttede ind og Obama flyttede ud af Det HVide Hus, var smilene anstrengte og øjnene alvorlige.