In theinterview, Trump told Holmes: “I happen to like him.

I respect him, and I respect his wife.”

He was taking shots at your president.

Donald Trump looking somber

And so is Michelle.

They always say, kindly stick to policy, don’t get personal.

Yet they are getting personal all night long, these people.

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and Barack Obama in business attire

Yet they are getting personal all night long, these people.

Do I still have to stick to policy?"

Given his past history with the Obamas, Trump may not be as devastated as he seems.

In 2011, Trump got involved inObama’s birth certificate controversyand openly questioned the then-president’s citizenship status.

Trump said: “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy.

I finished it.”