Posted on 12/19/2016 7:09:36 AM PST by Rockitz
WASHINGTON (UPI) — With about one month to go before he leaves office, President Barack Obama gave some exit interview-type advice to his successor Donald Trump:
Don’t rely too heavily on executive orders.
In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep on Thursday that aired in its entirety Monday on Morning Edition, Obama said it’s preferable to work with Congress.
“Keep in mind, though, that my strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done,” Obama said from the Cabinet Room in the White House. “In my first two years, I wasn’t relying on executive powers, because I had big majorities in the Congress and we were able to get bills done, get bills passed. And even after we lost the majorities in Congress, I bent over backwards consistently to try to find compromise and a legislative solution to some of the big problems that we’ve got — a classic example being immigration reform, where I held off for years in taking some of the executive actions that I ultimately took in pursuit of a bipartisan solution — one that, by the way, did pass through the Senate on a bipartisan basis with our help.”
In 2014, Obama signed executive orders that shielded millions living in the country illegally from deportation.
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“I think that he is entirely within his lawful power to do so,” Obama said.
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“Well, it’s hard to assess because we know for example that Hillary [Clinton] won the popular vote by a sizable margin,” he said. “We know that there are a substantial number of voters out there who not only voted for me twice but currently support me who also voted for Donald Trump.
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Unfortunately, it was during the same election....
Go stuff yourself, Barky.
You’re yesterday’s news.
EO # 1 - cancel all of the EOs made by the Kenyan.
You mean like you have, Oturdass? You can FO now.
In the “Do as I say, not as I do” department...
ESAD Barry.
Arsehole doesn’t even begin to describe Øbama.
Hahahahahahahah
Not to worry, Barry. He’s just going to rescind all of yours.
technically, that is all Trump needs to do, cancel out all of odumbo’s with one executive order on the first day
It will be awesome
And Odumbo’s legacy would disappear for ever
Witness the current state of American democracy. Our Strongman President has a "preference" to legislate" when he "can get legislation done." Otherwise, he rules by executive order like a dictator. And a big chunk of the American public is just fine with it as long as the government goodies keep coming. And they call Trump the authoritarian.
Barack used up all the Executive Order pads anyway.
Barry’s got balls. ‘bout as big as michael’s. But not quite.
Barry is a legend in his own mind. What an absolute clown this guy is. I cannot wait til the Donald starts cleaning this mess up.
It’s sad that we have to pretend that this jerk has any worthwhile advice to give any president. What a cancer Bill Clinton and Obama were to our Republic.
This guy lives in a parallel universe. LOL!
He’s trying to be relevant. It’s hard.
The bastard needs to start packing. He cannot leave soon enough.
And so it begins, that the Obozo machine starts raising money to line his pockets and put on his community organizer against Trump.
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