After running against Obama's legacy, Donald Trump is using the former president as a security blan

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After running against Obama's legacy, Donald Trump is using the former president as a security blanket - My story:

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Donald Trump is using Barack Obama as a security blanket


By Dan Merica, CNN

Updated 1:11 PM ET, Sat February 4, 2017


Source: CNN
WH: President made final call on Yemen raid 02:37
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Trump's White House has pointed fingers at the Obama administration planning for the Yemen raid
But takes credit for jobs figures achieved under Obama's watch

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump spent months running against Barack Obama's leadership style, faulting him for being "weak and ineffective" on Iran, lacking of focus the "real" job numbers and inability to combat ISIS because he was the group's "founder."
What a different a few months makes.


Trump and his White House advisers are now using Obama as a security blanket, making almost identical moves he made during his tenure and defending possible mistakes by arguing that they were initially made by Barack Obama.............


But what is remarkable about Trump is how vehemently he ran against Obama. Not only did Trump describe the Obama presidency in near apocalyptic terms during the campaign, he was the leader of the "Birther" movement, an attempt to delegitimize the president he is now using as a shield.

In the aftermath this week of the botched raid in Yemen that left one US Navy SEAL dead and three more injured, the Trump White House pointed the finger to the previous administration................