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Trump says he will seek release of files on extraterrestrials, "based on the tremendous interest shown".
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Trump made the declaration in a post on Truth Social, after he accused Barack Obama earlier in the day of revealing classified information when the former president said "aliens are real" on a podcast last week.
"He's not supposed to be doing that," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding: "He made a big mistake."
Asked if he also thinks aliens are real, Trump answered: "Well, I don't know if they're real or not."
Former US President Obama told podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen that he thinks aliens are real in an interview released last Saturday.
"They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51," Obama said.
"There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States."
After the comment made headlines, Obama sought to clarify he thinks it is statistically likely life exists beyond Earth, given the vastness of the universe.
In a follow-up post on Instagram, Obama, who served as US president between 2009-17, clarified: "I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"
Obama's initial comments were made during a quickfire "lightning" round of questions on the podcast.
There was no indication that Obama relied on classified information when he gave the interview. The BBC has contacted Obama for comment. The Democrat and Trump, a Republican, are longstanding mutual political antagonists.
For his part, Trump said on Thursday on Air Force One that while a lot of people believe in the existence of aliens, he never talks about it, and "doesn't have an opinion on it".
Then a few hours later, he posted on Truth Social that "based on the tremendous interest shown" he will seek
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