Barack Obama lambasts Trump over legal troubles

[left-of-center2012]

Barack Obama has taken a swipe at his successor’s legal troubles, one day after the special counsel, Robert Mueller, ended a plea deal with Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chair. “Not only did I not get indicted, nobody in my administration got indicted,” the former president said at an event in Houston on Tuesday, “which by the way was the only administration in modern history that that can be said about. In fact, nobody came close to being indicted, partly because the people who joined us were there for the right reasons. We were there to serve.”

Obama also lamented the rise of insular nationalism in US politics, describing it as a threat to international stability and domestic prosperity. He did not mention his successor by name but Trump and his “America first” strategy cast a long shadow as the former Democratic president discussed the decline of bipartisanship in American politics and the undermining of democracy and decorum by populism and extremism.

He did not mention his successor by name but Trump and his “America first” strategy cast a long shadow as the former Democratic president discussed the decline of bipartisanship in American politics and the undermining of democracy and decorum by populism and extremism.

“When you start getting dysfunction in Washington which makes it difficult for decisions to get made and policymaking to run in an orderly process, it provides opportunities for disorder to start ramping up all around the world and ultimately makes us less safe and less prosperous.”



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/28/barack-obama-lambasts-trump-over-legal-troubles

[Cartoonist]

1. He now looks like the wisest man in America

Has sounded that way for quite awhile.

[dawg day]

2. It must be painful for him to see Trump trash everything.

And Trump insults the government and the workers and the scientists-- Obama was always so gracious to those who worked in the civil service. And remember when he appointed a Nobel Prize winner scientist (Stephen Chu) as Secy of Energy?

(Trump appointed RICK PERRY there.)

[Harker]

10. And when he was a candidate for president

Perry couldn't remember which three departments he had said he would abolish were he elected. Now he's the head of one of them.

How do these morons manage to live so long?

[Ftrump]

12. It must be painful for him to see Trump trash in the WH. There, I fixed it. eom

[thegoose]

3. Go ahead and use its name

That orange pos always bashes our REAL president.

[BootinUp]

4. The last President with his full faculties. Nt

[underthematrix]

5. Here's the part I find so intriguing. It's

almost like President Obama is trying to tell us something:
"Not only did I not get indicted, nobody in my administration got indicted which, by the way, was the only administration in modern history that can be said about."

He didn't say impeached. He said indicted, which is interesting since most pundits are always saying sitting presidents can't be indicted.

President Obama is a wordsmith so he said what he meant to say.

When I read this in a tweet, I almost choked on my coffee.

[JudyM]

16. Interesting!

[Fritz Walter]

6. I appreciate the message here, but...

The third paragraph is redundant. The “Preview” button is there for good reason.

Grammar Police — To Correct and Serve.

[mahannah]

7. I wish he could run again.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. getting indicted is a GOPer goal

We need to hand out more indictment trophies to GOPers. 2010 provided a target-rich environment that has been ignored for too long by DoJ.

[Cha]

9. "We were there to serve."

In fact, nobody came close to being indicted, partly because the people who joined us were there for the right reasons. We were there to serve.”

[lunatica]

11. President Obama never utters the name Trump

Except for that one glorious time at the Correspondents Dinner.

He knows it drives Trump bat shit crazy and does it deliberately.

[NastyRiffraff]

13. The voice of sanity

My god how I miss it!

[LiberalFighter]

14. Which also means Hillary.

[Nitram]

15. amen, Brother Barack!