Donald Trump has issued fresh criticism of Barack Obama, just as a new poll shows his approval ratings have drastically plummeted.

The president himself has declared he’s on the ‘war’ path, especially now that Republicans have suffered a major blow from coast-to-coast as of Tuesday (November 4).

Democrat Zohran Mamdani won the race for New York mayor, Trump’s historic home turf, while New Jersey and Virginia also elected Democrats, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, in their respective gubernatorial races.

All eyes will now be on the vital midterm election next year, and Trump hasn’t forgotten, suddenly ramping up his efforts to appeal to swathes of the country that appear to be tiptoeing to the left if this week’s results are anything to go by.

In the spirit of slamming his rivals with renewed spirit, Trump has declared Obamacare, known formally as the Affordable Care Act, ‘a total disaster’.

The president dropped a video about the matter (Truthsocial/@realDonaldTrump)

Obama, as the 44th President of the United States, signed the act into law in 2010, which has since been called the most important piece of legislation since Medicare and Medicaid, granting millions of Americans access to healthcare.

Yet in the almost 30-second-long clip, Trump is clearly less than impressed with it, stating: “As I’ve said for years, Obamacare is a total disaster waiting to happen. Rates are going through the roof for the really bad healthcare that you’re not getting, even.

“Do something Democrats. Sit down and do something,” he continued in his rant. “We wanna make it better or we wanna get something that’s good.

“Obamacare is a disaster. Too expensive and the rates are going too high. I said it right from the beginning, it’s no good.”

It’s now the longest government shutdown in US history (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

His comments come as Republicans and Democrats continue to stand off over budget spending in a government shutdown that’s now the longest in US history, with an end to the stalemate that kicked off on October 1 still nowhere in sight.

Part and parcel of the shutdown are disagreements over Obamacare subsidies, though a recent poll by KFF found a staggering 74 per cent of US adults are in favor of extending tax credits, which are set to expire by the end of the year, as per Reuters.

Meanwhile, a separate poll that dropped on Monday (November 3) this week shows Trump’s approval rating has plummeted to one of its lowest points, with just 37 per cent of US citizens expressing support for the president’s performance over the last 10 months.

Obama delivered his own blunt criticism of Trump recently while backing gubernatorial candidates (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Researchers surveyed 1,245 Americans between 27 and 30 October, which gave an eye-watering 63 per cent disapproval rating for the president, only one percentage point higher than his lowest score ever recorded by CNN, which came in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riot in January 2021.

The majority (68 per cent) also felt things were going ‘pretty/very badly’ in the country under the 78-year-old’s leadership, with many citing the economy and cost of living as their prevailing concerns.

Yet, while Trump appears to place blame on Democrats and Obama for the country’s ills, another Marquette University poll suggests voters aren’t buying it.

Based on a survey of 1,005 US adults between September 5 and September 24 this year, the POTUS scored a net favorability of -15 points, based on 42 per cent saying they viewed Trump favorably to 57 who said they didn’t, while Obama came out victorious with a net favorability of 17 points, as 57 per cent of participants against 40 per cent said they view him favorably.

Prior to election day, Obama appeared to abandon his usual diplomatic resolve by declaring Trump to be ‘worse than even I expected.

Eye-opening poll reveals whether Americans prefer Obama or Trump as president

The insight comes ahead of gubernatorial elections on Tuesday

A new poll has lifted the lid on how American voters currently feel about Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

Voters in Virginia and New Jersey are set to head to the ballot box for crucial gubernatorial elections on Tuesday (November 4), amid rising tensions over the 2026 midterm elections in Congress.

The former Democratic 44th POTUS, Obama, appeared before rallies in Newark and Norfolk on Saturday (November 1) to lend his support to candidates Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger who polls suggest both Democrats could win.

Yet while delivering his speeches, the 64-year-old appeared to depart from his usual diplomatic reserve by taking aim at the current Trump administration.

He said the Republicans’ policies are ‘worse than even I expected’ before launching into his tirade, going on to infer Trump has waged a war against free speech, immigrants and public health while deploying the National Guard to cities in a bid to stop ‘crime waves that don’t actually exist’.

Now, an eye-opening poll from Marquette University has revealed Americans favor Obama over Trump based on a survey of 1,005 adults across the country from September 5 to September 24 this year.

Obama slammed the Trump administration in his speeches over the weekend (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The poll revealed 42 per cent of US citizens said they viewed Trump favourably, to 57 per cent who said they viewed him unfavorably, leaving the POTUS with a net favourability of -15 points.

Meanwhile, 57 per cent said they view Obama favorably, against 40 per cent who didn’t, giving him a net favorability of 17 points.

Meena Bose, executive dean of Hofstra University’s Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, told Newsweek that the poll appears to show Obama’s ‘personal appeal, inspirational rhetoric, and unanticipated success in the 2008 presidential race continue to have strong public support’.

She added: “The promise of hope and change was a defining feature of the Obama presidential campaign and still influences assessments of his presidency.”

The poll ranks the POTUS with a negative favourability rating (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

However, the poll doesn’t necessarily indicate a shift towards the former president or even Democrats, as it surveyed the favorability of all presidents since Ronald Reagan, who stands as the most preferred of any other with a net +28 rating, while Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, suffered the worst of them all.

The 46th POTUS scored a staggering -24 net favourability rating.

Bose explained Biden’s shocking low result could have come from his withdrawal from the campaign, which may ‘overshadow current assessments of his presidency.’

Former President George H.W. Bush scored a +17 favorability rating, while both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush shared a +8 favorability.

The insight comes as Obama continues to remain popular among the electorate since his time in office came to a close in 2017.

No other president scored as poorly as Joe Biden (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A Gallup poll earlier this year found he was the most popular living president (in the eyes of 59 per cent of participants to 36 per cent).

It also comes as Democrats hope to anchor Republican candidates across the country to Trump during the gubernatorial races and ahead of the midterm elections next year.

Micah Rasmussen, the director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, told the Mirror US: “The question is whether or not Republicans are doing enough this time to completely breach it or partially breach it.

“I think even among the most nervous of Democrats, there’s no question that Republicans have to have a very big Election Day in order to be able to overcome what could be as much as 250 or 275,000 vote margin for Democrats at this point.

Obama makes chilling admission about Trump administration during rally and it might leave you shocked

The former president didn’t hold back in his passionate speech

Barack Obama has made a bombshell admission about the current Trump administration during his speech.

The former Democratic 44th President of the United States appeared before a rally in Newark on Saturday (November 1) in a bid to lend his support to New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill.

As election day inches closer, Sherrill currently holds a mere single digit lead against her Republican rival, Jack Ciattarelli, according to public polling.

While delivering his passionate speech at the event, Obama appeared to make a chilling admission about the current Trump administration, departing from his usual diplomatic reserve.

The former POTUS said the Republican’s policies are ‘worse than even I expected.’

Obama with Mikie Sherrill (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“It is not as if we didn’t see some of this coming,” Obama said. “I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. You can run the tape.

“Any by the way, he warned you too, because he said what he would do.

“But the fact is there were plenty of people who voted for Trump and Republicans anyway,” he continued. “And it wasn’t because they wanted to give up the right to free speech or see public health systems torn down, but because they were understandably frustrated with inflation and gas prices and the difficulty of affording a home and worries about their children’s future.”

Obama added in his scathing criticism: “We’ve got a president who deployed the national guard in American cities and claimed to be stopping crime waves that don’t actually exist.

The POTUS jetted off to Mar-A-Lago over the weekend (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

“We’ve got masked ICE agents in unmarked vans pulling people in off the streets, including US citizens, on the suspicion that they don’t look like real Americans.

“It’s like every day is Halloween except it’s all tricks and no treats,” Obama said in reference to reported immigration raids in Chicago and Los Angeles on October 31.

Meanwhile, backing Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk, Virginia, he also made digs at President Trump – particularly touching on his recent White House renovations.

“As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the Rose Garden so folks don’t get mud on their shoes, and gold-plating the Oval Office and building a $300m ballroom,” Obama said.

“So Virginia, here’s the good news. If you can’t visit a doctor, don’t worry, he will save you a dance.”

Obama appeared in Virginia to lend support to Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

His comments come as the federal government’s full scale shutdown surpassed its first full month, starting on October 1.

So far, there appears to be no end in sight to the feud with Democrats demanding to extend health insurance subsidies amid Trump’s ongoing assault on the budget and national spending.

Obama’s troubling words also came amid tensions around the up-coming Election Day on Tuesday (November 4).

Democrats have high hopes Sherrill will win next week, with an almost 860,000-voter-registration advantage over the opposition, while a Suffolk University poll also placed her with a four-point lead over her opponent.

However, the most recent Emerson College Polling/P1X11/The Hill poll last week revealed Democrats have a narrow margin, only being ahead of Ciattarelli 49 percent to 48 percent.

Chicago pressed ahead with Halloween celebrations, even amid increased ICE activity (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)

Micah Rasmussen, the director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, told the Mirror US: “The question is whether or not Republicans are doing enough this time to completely breach it or partially breach it.

“I think even among the most nervous of Democrats, there’s no question that Republicans have to have a very big Election Day in order to be able to overcome what could be as much as 250 or 275,000 vote-margin for Democrats at this point.”

As for Spanberger, polls suggest the Democrat has 14-point lead against Republican governor, Winsome Earle-Sears.