# Donald Trump calls Barack Obama ‘highly overrated’ and claims he’d win a third-term matchup

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/donald-trump-calls-barack-obama-highly-overrated-and-claims-hed-win-a-third-term-matchup/
- Published: 2026-11-13T02:24:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T03:24:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/donald-trump-calls-barack-obama-highly-overrated-claims-hed-win-third-term-matchup
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Trump said he thinks he would easily beat Obama.
- He called the former president “highly overrated”.
- The matchup was discussed as a hypothetical third-term contest.

## Summary

Donald Trump said he believes he would easily defeat Barack Obama in a hypothetical presidential election, calling the former president “highly overrated”. The exchange took place in a White House interview with broadcaster Stephen A. Smith, after the Republican Party lost seats in the midterm elections.

Trump said he had received more votes than Obama and pointed to his vote totals in states including Texas and Florida. He described Obama as a poor president who divided people, while claiming he brought people together; Obama’s office and the White House had not responded to requests for comment. The proposed matchup is hypothetical, as the article notes Trump was asked about whether he could run for a third term.

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