As a matter of protocol, former President’s try to remain silent on how their successor conducts his affairs.
American can only have on President at a time.
But Barack Obama announced he may undermine President-elect Trump, and it could have dire consequences for America.
Liberals are shell-shocked over the results of November 8th.
They thought Hillary Clinton had the election in the bag.
But Trump won the Presidency by running his campaign on the complete repudiation of the legislative and cultural priorities of Obama and the Democrats.
Now that the party is out of the White House and in the minority in Congress, liberals are looking for someone to lead their fight to sabotage the Trump administration.
In a press conference in Germany, Obama announced he was game for the task.
Politico reports:
“I want to be respectful of the office and give the president-elect an opportunity to put forward his platform and his arguments without somebody popping off in every instance,” Obama said, but “as an American citizen who cares deeply about our country, if there are issues that have less to do with the specifics of some legislative proposal or battle but go to core questions about our values and our ideals, and if I think that it’s necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, then I’ll examine it when it comes.”
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