Speaking at a campaign rally in Fresno, California, Trump responded to President Obama's remarks that the GOP nominee has "rattled" world leaders, arguing that the president himself was rattled. Trump: Obama is the one who's 'rattled'

Donald Trump on Friday suggested that President Barack Obama may have been a bit duplicitous when he said the billionaire had world leaders rattled, surmising that the president himself is the one who’s shaken by Trump’s rise.

Speaking in Japan on Thursday at the G-7 summit, Obama told reporters that leaders around the world are surprised by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, adding that they’re “rattled by him” and unsure of how seriously they should take his declarations.


Trump recalled Obama’s remark during a rally in Fresno, California, on Friday.

“So Obama gets on television. First of all, he’s not supposed to be talking when he’s in Japan about politics in our nation, OK?” Trump told the crowd. “He’s not supposed to. I think I got him rattled. He’s the one that’s rattled, [if] you wanna know the truth.”

Trump on Thursday took pride in knowing he rattled world leaders, telling reporters during a news conference ahead of an energy speech in North Dakota that it’s “a good thing” when you rattle someone “in a friendly way.”

Obama said Thursday that leaders are “rattled by him, and for good reason.”

“A lot of the proposals that he’s made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude or an interest in getting tweets and headlines instead of actually thinking through what it is that’s required to keep America safe, secure and prosperous, and what’s required to keep the world on an even keel,” he said.