David M Jackson

USA TODAY

Donald Trump spent part of Friday protesting the campaign tactics of the man he hopes to succeed in office: Barack Obama.

The president should stop campaigning and focus on governing, Trump told supporters in Fletcher, N.C., while also criticizing Obama's domestic and foreign policies.

"Why is Obama out campaigning?" Trump said. "He ought to be working."

The Republican candidate later added another frequent critic to his complaint list: First lady Michelle Obama.

"We have a president — all he wants to do is campaign," Trump said. "His wife — all she wants to do is campaign."

He prefaced that comment by saying, "We have a bunch of babies running our country, folks — we have a bunch of losers."

The president and first lady have hit the campaign trail enthusiastically on behalf of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, blasting Trump as wholly unqualified for the presidency.

"Donald Trump has nothing to offer but anger and grievance and blame," the president said during a campaign rally Thursday in Florida.

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During a Thursday appearance in Arizona, the first lady hit Trump for his claims that the election is "rigged" and might not accept the results.

"And when a presidential candidate threatens to ignore our voices and reject the outcome of this election, he is threatening the very idea of America itself," Mrs. Obama said.

The Republican nominee, trailing Clinton in a variety of polls, urged supporters during his North Carolina event Friday to get to the polls for the Nov. 8 election.

"What a waste of time if we don't pull this off," Trump said.