Obama says he's not responsible for Trump's rise to power

[EarlG]

Source: USA Today

ATHENS — Before the election, President Obama was so confident that Donald Trump wouldn't be elected to succeed him that he scoffed at questions about whether he was partly responsible for the Trump backlash.

"You know, talk to me if he wins. Then we'll have a conversation about how responsible I feel about it," Obama told NBC's Matt Lauer in January.

Trump did win, and Obama still isn't sure what he would have done differently.

"I think it’s fair to say that I was surprised by the election results, and I've said so," Obama said Tuesday after being reminded of the quote by NBC reporter Chris Jansing at a news conference in Athens. "I still don’t feel responsible for what the president-elect says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the United States to make sure that I facilitate a good transition and I present to him as well, as the American people my best thinking, my best ideas about how you move the country forward."

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/15/obama-says-hes-not-responsible-trumps-rise-power/93888958/

[LiberalFighter]

1. I have a few things to say about Matt Lauer. nt

[NurseJackie]

8. I've seen first-year journalism students on public access TV who are more competent than Lauer.

[monmouth4]

2. I had a good laugh at trump being surprised that Obama's staff would be leaving when he did.

I think trump figured with a great staff like Obama's, his time in the Oval would be a walk on the golf course. I'm hearing he is quite nervous, concerned and we know he's in over his head so who knows? Maybe he will quit before the inaugural.

[mn9driver]

3. The simple fact of Obama's election drove what is now the "alt-right" stark raving mad.

So, in that respect, Obama is sort of responsible for president Cinnamon Hitler.

[reflection]

4. Cinnamon Hitler.

I'm stealing that.

[hatrack]

6. Presidentin' While Black - not his fault, but it sure fired up the morons

And btw, never before has the word "base" been quite so appropriate.

A few more election cycles like this, and when the next solar eclipse happens, people will be standing in the streets screaming "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The demons are eating the sun!!!! We must sacrifice!!!!!! SACRIFICE TO APPEASE THE DEMONS!!!!!!!

[Wounded Bear]

9. You misspelled "morans"....

[LeftishBrit]

5. Well, no, he isn't

[ismnotwasm]

7. Of course he isn't

There are multiple factors, some that stand out more than others, true, but what idiot would think its President Obamas fault? Oh wait...probably some of the same idiots who actually voted for Trump.