Posted on 11/21/2016 11:06:35 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
ARD/SPIEGEL: Mr. President, Donald Trump won the election, revealing massive discontent and rifts within American society. Did the amount of anger actually surprise you?
Obama: I think it's important not to overstate what happened. The truth is that America has been closely divided politically for quite some time. That was reflected in some of the challenges I had with the Republican Congress. What was unusual in this election is that my approval in the United States is as high as it has been since I was elected. And the economy is going relatively well. I think what is true is that there's been an underlying division in the United States. Some of it has to do with the fact that economic growth and recovery tends to be stronger in the cities and in urban areas. In some rural areas, particularly those that were reliant on manufacturing, there has been weaker growth, stagnation, people feeling as if their children won't do as well as they will.
There are cultural, social and demographic issues that came into play. They're not that different from some of the issues that Europe faces with immigration, the changing face of the American population. I think some reacted there, and Trump was able to tap into some of those anxieties.
American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth. I mean, there were probably millions of voters who voted for me and supported me and this time also voted for Donald Trump, and it just indicates that some of this is less ideological and more just an impulse towards some sort of change....
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Obama is a pompous ass
The “division” of which he speaks is SOLELY DUE TO THE FACT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS BECOME THE COMMUNIST PARTY, and years of leftist-run and leftist-indoctrinated children in our public schools that PRODUCE VIOLENT COMMUNISTS who openly defy the rule of law in the United States.
Did the German reporter ask Obama about the shocking rumor that Trump might spend time away from Washington, DC?
As delusional as he is phony.
How much did they have to pay Obama for the interview ?
Ah, yes - the old "highest approval rating ever" - as measured by the same people who told us that Hillary Clinton had the election in the bag...
For President Soetoro the economy is, indeed, going relatively well. There some things that still need to be improved, for instance there is still some middle class and the elite still do not own 100%.
Obama interview-—”I,I,I,me,me,me.”
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This is the interview where Obama says:
“I can’t pardon somebody who hasn’t gone before a court and presented themselves, so that’s not something that I would comment on at this point.”
Richard Nixon.
I caught that, too. Somewhere in Chappaqua there are some very worried grifters.
We are becoming more divided. Kind of like a marriage where the battered woman finally says enough and files for divorce.
Gee, 0dunga.. No terrorist attacks in the U.S. during the latter part of the election cycle? How strange.. How come? Trying to make Hillary and the Democrat party look better, leading up to November 8th? Did you tell ISIS to knock it off until after Trump takes office so you LOOK BETTER in the final days of your presidency?
Translation—”I will try my damnedest to sow more discord before I leave office.”
Much discussed.
The question is whether Obama is sending a message to Hillary.
Or perhaps Der Spiegel translated Obama comments into German and then the German was retranslated into English, thus losing the exact meaning.
Or maybe Obama is just dumb.
Der Artikel auf Deutsch ist da: https://magazin.spiegel.de/SP/2016/47/148008154/index.html
> my approval in the United States is as high as it has been since I was elected
Uh huh - and Clinton will win by a landslide. Pollsters told you what you wanted to hear, Obama, or haven’t you figured that out yet?
BHO - the traitorous, disloyal President. Embarrassing.
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