Trump says it is 'going to be some really bad day' for the country and 'you will see bad things' if Democrats take control of Congress

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President Trump warned Thursday that voters can expect 'bad things' to happen to the country if Democrats win control of Congress.

Trump said the Supreme Court is a prime example. He also suggested that Democrats would seek to eradicate the Second Amendment.

'If we’re not there to protect, it is going to be some really bad day for this country,' he said of the potential for Democrats to take control of the House and Senate.

President Trump warned Thursday in a Sean Hannity interview that voters can expect 'bad things' to happen to the country is Democrats win control of Congress

In the interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired live before a Las Vegas rally, Trump promised, 'We’ll get everything we want. We need more Republicans.'

'You want to protect your Second Amendment. You want to protect everything. You want protect all of the great success that you’ve had over the last little more than a year and a half,' he said.

Trump noted that the stock market had reached an all-time high just before the interview, buoying up 401(k) investments. 

'If the Democrats get in, those numbers will be cut in half. You will see bad things,' he said.

Trump confidently told Americans looking to shake up their careers to start searching for jobs earlier in the day, because the economy is only going to get better.

He held up the economy as an incentive to vote for the GOP in November in a Thursday morning tweet touting the latest jobs numbers.

'Financial and jobs numbers are fantastic. There are plenty of new, high paying jobs available in our great and very vibrant economy,' he said. 'If you are not happy where you are, start looking - but also remember, our economy is only getting better. Vote in Midterms!'

President Trump confidently told Americans looking to shake up their careers to start searching for jobs, because the economy is only going to get better

Trump held up the economy as an incentive to vote for the GOP in November in a Thursday morning tweet touting the latest jobs numbers

Trump has been using the strong performance of the American economy as a weapon against Democrats in the midterms, claiming growth would not be so high if they had won the 2016 election in the face of a charge from Barack Obama that he's responsible for the booming economy.

Most Republicans believe the tax cut package passed last year and the surging U.S. economic numbers will help them at the ballot box in November and are trying to play up the growth, even as Trump has focused his own campaign speeches on other topics.

The president has touted the 4.2 percent GDP rate - its best performance in nearly four years - and the 3.9 percent unemployment rate - one of the lowest levels in half a century - as proof his administration's policies are working.

He wrongly claimed earlier this month that he was overseeing the best economy in 100 years after he was inadvertently given bad information. He should have said 10 years, a chief economic adviser later said.

He co-opted a famous Democratic campaign slogan against the party, tweeting that 'remember it's the economy, stupid!' on the same day.

President Bill Clinton used that phrase during his 1992 bid that propelled him to the White House. 

'The Economy is soooo good, perhaps the best in our country's history (remember, it's the economy stupid!), that the Democrats are flailing & lying like CRAZY! Phony books, articles and T.V. 'hits' like no other pol has had to endure-and they are losing big. Very dishonest people!,' Trump wrote on Twitter Monday morning

Trump touted the 4.2 percent GDP rate - its best performance in nearly four years -and the 3.9 percent unemployment rate - one of the lowest levels in half a century

He is using the economic numbers as a weapon against Democrats

He also used the numbers to counter reports of chaos on his administration

Trump also coopted Bill Clinton's famous campaign slogan 

Trump also went after Obama

'If the Democrats had won the Election in 2016, GDP, which was about 1% and going down, would have been minus 4% instead of up 4.2%. I opened up our beautiful economic engine with Regulation and Tax Cuts. Our system was choking and would have been made worse. Still plenty to do,' he tweeted.

He has used the numbers to counter a slew of negative stories coming out about his administration. Democrats are saying that he's not the reason that economy is surging, as the try to head off Republicans at the ballot box.

Former President Barack Obama launched a scathing attack on his successor's presidency this month, including Trump's claims that he deserves credit for the strong economy.

Obama noted that he inherited a recession and the economy was improving when he term-limited out of power.

'By the time I left office, household income was near its all-time high, and the uninsured rate hit an all-time low, poverty rates were falling. I mention this just so when you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let's just remember when this recovery started,' he said.

'I'm glad it's continued, but when you hear about this economic miracle that's been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers and suddenly Republicans are saying it's a miracle, I have to kind of remind them, actually, those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016,' he added.

Trump slapped back at Obama via Twitter. '"President Trump would need a magic wand to get to 4% GDP," stated President Obama. I guess I have a magic wand, 4.2%, and we will do MUCH better than this! We have just begun,' he wrote. 

Trump was likely referring to a comment Obama made in June 2016, during the presidential campaign, when he talked of then-candidate Trump's promise to bring jobs back to the United States. 

'Well, how exactly are you going to do that? What exactly are you going to do? There's no answer to it,' Obama said.

'He just says, "Well, I'm going to negotiate a better deal." Well, what, how exactly are you going to negotiate that? What magic wand do you have? And usually the answer is, he doesn't have an answer,' Obama said at the time.

Trump often touts strong economic numbers as proof his presidency is delivering on its promises.

In the 19 months since Trump took office, the economy has created 3.58 million new jobs but the economy created 3.96 million created in the last 19 months of Obama's presidency, the New York Times reported.

And the last time the GDP reached 4.2 percent was in 2014 — when Obama was in his second term in office.

But under Trump, unemployment is now at record-low of 3.9 percent and the stock market has reached record highs. 

Obama has been 'trying to take credit for this incredible thing that's happening to our country,' he said in a speech this month slapping back at his predecessor. 

The Commerce Department revised second quarter economic numbers at the end of August to show that the gross domestic product - the value of all goods and services produced across the economy - was even stronger than originally indicated. 

But economists told Bloomberg News the expansion pace is expected to cool from the second quarter as the tax-cut boost, which kicked in in January, fades. 

Trump's trade war with China has also raised concerns that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates further.