Obama Raps ‘Petulant’ Trump, Reveals Conservative Sympathies

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In an interview about his new memoir, former American President, Barrack Obama admits sympathy and soft spot towards conservatism that runs contrary to the type being displayed by President Donald Trump.

Obviously referring to Trump’s refusal to concede defeat several days after losing to Democrats Joe Biden both in popular and electoral college votes, Obama said; ‘I am sympathetic to a certain strain of conservatism’ and lauded ‘gracious’ George Bush on his message to Biden

“For all the differences between myself and George W Bush,” Obama said, “he and his administration could not have been more gracious and intentional about ensuring a smooth handoff.”

“One of the really distressing things about the current situation is the amount of time that is being lost because of Donald Trump’s petulance and the unwillingness of other Republicans to call him on it”, the former White House occupant said.

In an interview with the Atlantic to mark publication of his memoir “A Promised Land”, Obama ponders over Biden’s chances of working with Republicans in Congress, and came close to admitting being a never-Trump conservative himself – and compares America under Trump to Central Asia under Genghis Khan.

“If we were going to have a rightwing populist in this country,” Obama says, “I would have expected somebody a little more appealing.”

Trump is refusing to admit defeat by Biden, despite a 5.5m deficit in the popular vote and an electoral college loss by 306-232, the margin by which he beat Hillary Clinton.

On Sunday night, Trump tweeted: “I WON THE ELECTION!” Twitter gave the message a label: “Official sources called this election differently.”

The president’s current petulance might be increased by how Obama compares him to “the classic male hero in American culture” – and finds him distinctly wanting. Trump is, after all, a president who plays the song Macho Man at his rallies.

“I think about the classic male hero in American culture when you and I were growing up,” Obama told Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of the Atlantic.

“The John Waynes, the Gary Coopers, the Jimmy Stewarts, the Clint Eastwoods, for that matter. There was a code … the code of masculinity that I grew up with that harkens back to the 30s and 40s and before that.

“There’s a notion that a man is true to his word, that he takes responsibility, that he doesn’t complain, that he isn’t a bully – in fact, he defends the vulnerable against bullies.

“And so, even if you are someone who is annoyed by wokeness and political correctness and wants men to be men again and is tired about everyone complaining about the patriarchy, I thought that the model wouldn’t be Richie Rich – the complaining, lying, doesn’t-take-responsibility-for-anything type of figure.”

Most people have given Trump no chance of success in his lawsuits in battleground states, based on groundless claims of election fraud. But depending on the results of two runoffs in Georgia, the Senate looks set to stay in Republican hands.

On his part, Biden may have to strike a deal working with Mitch McConnell, the hardline Republican senate majority leader who has propped up Trump in office.

Obama said: “Mitch McConnell is not buddy-buddy with anyone. I’m enjoying reading now about how Joe Biden and Mitch have been friends for a long time. They’ve known each other for a long time. I have quotes from Biden about his interactions with Mitch McConnell.

On his relationship with the opposition while in office, Obama said; “The issue with Republicans is not that I didn’t court them enough. We would invite them to everything: movie nights, state dinners, Camp David, you name it.

“The issue was not a lack of schmoozing. The issue was that they found it politically advantageous to demonize me and the Democratic party.”  . – The Guardian

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