First lady Michelle Obama is greeted by supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in support of Hillary Clinton on Thursday in Phoenix, Arizona. | AP Photo White House: Michelle Obama is Clinton's best surrogate

Even President Barack Obama would admit that when it comes to being Hillary Clinton's best surrogate, the leader of the free world comes in second.

“I think the president would admit that his wife is an enormously influential and powerful surrogate in support of Secretary Clinton,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at a daily briefing on Friday.


Both Obamas have stormed the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton as they seek to seal their legacy with her election.

Michelle Obama enjoys a higher approval rating than her husband. Earnest pointed not only to her rhetorical ability, but her knack for making her support of Clinton a personal appeal as reasons that the first lady is Clinton’s most in-demand supporter.

“Those things, I think combine to make her a very powerful advocate for Secretary Clinton and probably make her the most powerful advocate that Hillary Clinton has,” Earnest said.

The first lady’s emotional plea to not excuse Donald Trump’s treatment of women was cut into an ad for Clinton just days after Obama delivered it.

It was also Michelle Obama who was chosen to cap a week of top Democrats journeying into Arizona in an effort to turn the traditionally red state blue.

Trump appears to be irked by the first couple’s power and blasted them on Friday as “losers,” one of his most frequently used slams.

“We have a bunch of babies running our country, folks. We have a bunch of losers. They’re losers,” Trump said in North Carolina. “They’re babies. We have a president — all he wants to do is campaign. His wife, all she wants to do is campaign.”

Nolan D. McCaskill contributed to this report.