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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:52 PM Jan 2017

How Obama Will Take On Trump

January 31, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

Politico: “Barack Obama and his aides expected to take on President Donald Trump at some point, but they didn’t think it would happen this quickly. Now they’re trying to find the right balance on issues that demand a response, and how to use Obama deliver the selective pushback. Obama and his team are monitoring what’s happening at the White House, and not ruling out the possibility that Obama will challenge Trump more forcefully in the coming months, according to people who’ve been in contact with the former president.”

“It depends on Trump. It also depends, the people close to the former president said Monday, on whether speaking out would just set him up to have no effect and be dismissed, and result in empowering Trump more, which is a very real worry for them.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/01/31/obama-will-take-trump/

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How Obama Will Take On Trump (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

Cool - who is on Obama's team? Who are his aides? nt jmg257 Jan 2017 #1

He laid out very clearly in his final press conference when he would intervene frazzled Jan 2017 #2

jmg257

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1. Cool - who is on Obama's team? Who are his aides? nt

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:53 PM

Jan 2017

frazzled

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2. He laid out very clearly in his final press conference when he would intervene

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:06 PM

Jan 2017

or rather, speak out.

Basically, he said that in the give and take on legislative matters such as taxation, etc., there are legitimate arguments between the parties and that is the normal course of politics when a party change happens in the White House or Congress. He will not insert himself into those discussions.

However, he said that when basic tenets of democracy or American values enshrined in the Constitution are at stake, he would be compelled to speak out. He then outlined specific examples of what he meant, including civil rights or human rights being threatened, etc.

He made good on that promise yesterday. I agree with Goddard that he probably never expected to have to speak so quickly.

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