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Obama Preaches to Trump to Be Mindful of His Behavior

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Conservatives may have hoped that the condescending lectures from Barack Obama were finally over… but like a poltergeist, he’s baaack.

The 44th president used his appearance on David Letterman’s Netflix show to dispense some “wisdom” to President Trump, and took his usual superior tone.

“One of the things that Michelle figured out, in some ways faster than I did — was part of your ability to lead the country doesn’t have to do with legislation, doesn’t have to do with regulations, it has to do with shaping attitudes, shaping culture, increasing awareness,” Obama told the elderly talk show host.

Pardon, Mister President, but you “shaped culture” enough in eight years, thank you.

Obama also complained that conservatives were “living on a different” planet than liberals. He did not specify which planet Hillary Clinton was on.

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“(W)e are operating in completely different information universes,” the former president insisted. “If you watch Fox News you are living on a different planet than you are if you listen to NPR.”

Why he believes it’s impossible to listen to both NPR and Fox News was unclear. To be fair, Obama actually had a point, he just didn’t realize that he was describing the modern left.

“(A)t a certain point, you just live in a bubble, and that’s part of why our politics is so polarized right now,” he told Letterman.

Let’s consider Barack Obama’s advice about “increasing awareness” for a moment. What he’s saying, essentially, is that he was better than Trump at not putting his foot in his mouth or saying things that he might later regret.

Was President Obama any good at staying aware?

Obama rose to prominence largely though his speaking ability, but was he really so great at staying above the fray?

This is the same president who said that “police acted stupidly” during the Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy, an incident about which he admitted to not having the facts.

He would make similar statements during the Travon Martin and Mike Brown cases, fueling the militant “Black Lives Matter” group.

This is the man who looked America in the eye and promised, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan.” That was such a fib that it earned PolitiFact’s “Lie of the Year” in 2013, and hurt many families as a result.

Don’t forget that Obama was the one in charge when repeated calls for help were ignored in Benghazi. He was at the helm when that same attack was covered up and then blamed on a YouTube video.

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Barack Obama was the one who declared that the Islamic State was a “JV squad,” and then acted powerless when the terrorist group swept through much of the Middle East.

Is this what he calls being mindful of his behavior? One thing is clear: Obama has taken an extremely revisionist view on his own presidency, but the American people are on to the con.

H/T Newsmax

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Benjamin Arie is an independent journalist and writer. He has personally covered everything ranging from local crime to the U.S. president as a reporter in Michigan before focusing on national politics. Ben frequently travels to Latin America and has spent years living in Mexico.




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