Maggie Haberman 'struck' as Dems baited Trump at DNC — and 'got under his skin'

Kamala Harris and the Obamas clearly got under Donald Trump's skin at the Democratic National Convention — and Democrats appear to be baiting the MAGA leader, according to New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman.

Haberman joined CNN on Friday afternoon, and was asked about Trump's rebuttal on Fox News in which he slammed Harris for failing to talk about China, fracking crime, poverty, the trade deficit and more.

"It was just a lot of complaining," Trump said.

Haberman told anchor Wolf Blitzer the interviews show Trump is "very reactive in all things when he is not in command."

"We've seen this over the course of the last nine years that he's been in politics or the political arena," she said. "He's clearly jarred by her."

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Trump has tried to return to the national conversation following Joe Biden's exit from the race.

Blitzer played a clip of former President Barack Obama attacking Trump over his "obsession with crowd sizes." In the clip, Obama appears to mock Trump using hand gestures to describe the "sizes."

"Both of the Obamas speeches got under his skin," said Haberman. "He is very reactive to both of them. We have seen that since 2011 when Trump spread the lie that Obama was possibly born in Kenya and therefore illegitimate to be president."

Haberman then revealed what "struck" her most at the convention.

"There was a pretty focused message about Trump and we heard it over and over again from the Obamas, from the vice president, from others that he is a rich guy who cares about his rich friends," she said. "What you also saw were comments that I think were designed to bait Trump. That was one of them."

"The more that Trump reacts self-destructively," noted Haberman, "the better Democrats feel it is for them."

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