Obama’s Criticism Didn’t Set a Presidential Precedent
by Katherine Hartzell
May 27, 2020
3 minutes
Quick Take
A meme circulating on Facebook — and retweeted by President Donald Trump — falsely claims former President Barack Obama is the “first ex-president to speak against [his] successor.” Actually, many U.S. leaders criticized those who followed them into the White House.
Full Story
Since leaving office in January 2017, Former President Barack Obama has largely on the actions of President Donald Trump. But on during a phone call with 3,000 former members of his administration, Obama said — without referring to Trump by name — that the White
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