Obama believes the country is deeply divided and on a dangerous path following Trump’s election rhetoric

During his appearance on 60 minutes, on Sunday, 15th November, former President Barack Obamas aid that he thinks that the country is on a ‘dangerous path’, talking about the effect President Trump has had on society, including the president’s penchant for exaggerated claims and sometimes, completely false statements. 

The former president went on to say, “We have gone through a presidency that has disregarded a whole host of basic institutional norms, expectations we have for a president that had been observed by Republicans and Democrats previously, and maybe most importantly, and most disconcertingly, what we’ve seen is what some people call truth decay, something that’s been accelerated by outgoing President Trump. This sense that not only do we not have to tell the truth, but the truth doesn’t even matter.” 

Trump still refuses to concede to Biden, and is putting in all his efforts to dispute the election results, forming false and baseless allegations of voter fraud. Furthermore, Obama expressed that the fact that certain GOP members were actually standing with Trump in the claims, made him feel even more worried.  

“The president doesn’t like to lose, and never admits loss,” Obama said. “I’m more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally, and that’s a dangerous path.” 

Several Republican across America have defended the president’s privileges to practice every single legal alternative, however inside Democratic positions, Trump’s refusal to accept defeat in the elections has been entirely condemned as an endeavor to cast a permanent cloud over the victory of Biden. Obama encouraged more Republicans to confront the former president, not only regarding the elections, but also at his efforts for spreading false information, and allegations without any evidence, while simultaneously holding the media responsible for its part in the current political atmosphere in the nation. 

“It has now become a contest where issues, facts, policies per se, don’t matter as much as identity and wanting to beat the other guy. That’s taken priority. I do think the current media environment adds to that greatly,” Obama said.

Obama further went on to speak about his new book, A Promised Land, that is to be released on Tuesday. In the memoir, he talks about why he thinks his race and his presidency – were the foundation for Trump’s own election in 2016. Through his book, the former president also defends his legacy and seeks to explain what motivated him and at times left him distraught. 

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