Obama may not stay silent post-presidency

Posted by | November 20, 2016 17:20 | Filed under: Politics

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Once the transition is over, President Obama may do what ex-presidents normally don’t do.

…while the president holds out hope that he might influence Mr. Trump, he has made it clear that once out of office he will not remain silent if Mr. Trump goes too far in undoing his legacy.

“I’m going to be constrained in what I do with all of you until I am again a private citizen,” Mr. Obama, who will be living a few miles from the White House next year, told a meeting this past week of Organizing for Action, the group that maintains his political movement. “But that’s not so far off.”

…For Mr. Obama, a return to the partisan fray was never the intention. His library and foundation will serve as a platform for him to travel around the world, confront systemic issues of race relations, and push for technological change aimed at improving society.

But that vision assumed that his presidential legacy would be protected and nurtured by Mrs. Clinton in the Oval Office.

In his remarks to activists, Mr. Obama urged them to stop moping and to ratchet up their opposition to Mr. Trump by Thanksgiving. He promised to join their cause soon after, telling them: “You’re going to see me early next year, and we’re going to be in a position where we can start cooking up all kinds of great stuff to do.”

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7 responses to Obama may not stay silent post-presidency

  1. Suzanne McFly November 20th, 2016 at 19:11

    We have seen the neon white beast rump has given voice to, but he has pissed off the beast that represents the democratic party and if the rwnj’s thought they were pi$$ed, they ain’t seen nothing yet.

  2. amersham1046 November 20th, 2016 at 20:38

    No out going President has ever been put into the position of the incoming President is so grossly unqualified for the position

  3. fahvel November 21st, 2016 at 03:20

    why is he restrained? It’s his obligation to
    defend his office now and for the future – rip rump apart!!!!!!

  4. Foundryman November 21st, 2016 at 13:25

    It would be great if Obama doesn’t retire and hide, i hope he’s on the sunday morning shows criticizing and calling out all the prior weeks failures from Trump.
    In fact, they should give him his own show, thats what Trump would do.

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