Obama calls Trump obsession with him 'strange': 'I obviously have a room in his head'

Source: The Independent

Thursday 25 June 2026 06:43 EDT


Former president Barack Obama has said he finds Donald Trump’s “obsession” with him and his achievements in office “strange,” claiming: “I obviously have a room in his head.”. Obama was interviewed by Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on the All the Smoke podcast Wednesday, where it was put to him that Trump’s enduring fixation shows no sign of letting up.

“The leader of this current administration is still very fascinated with you and your family, constantly bringing you guys up,” Barnes said. “And you’ve been out of office nearly 10 years now – how do you continue to keep your cool and take the high road, so to speak? You constantly seem to meet the negativity and racism with class, and it makes you stand out so high. But you don’t just want to cuss his a** out sometimes?”

Obama answered: “The thing about it is, look, you’ve gotta ask him what it is… The obsession. I obviously have a room in his head. A suite in his head.” “Rent free!” Barnes offered.

The Democrat continued: “First of all, when I was president, the last thing I had time to do was worry about what somebody said or my predecessor did. They’re gone. I’ve got work to do. “The idea that I’d be worrying about somebody who came before and me trying to measure like, ‘What’s he done today?’ Constantly worrying about that is a strange thing to me. It shows me somebody who is not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.”

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