Obama on Trump: 'We are now all rooting for his success'

CNN ^ | 11-9-2016 | Kevin Liptak, Eugene Scott and Allie Malloy

[unlearner]

Washington (CNN)An emphatically upbeat President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to work toward a "smooth transition" of power to the man he's spent the last year denigrating, insisting that despite his differences with President-elect Donald Trump he would uphold the central tenet of American democracy.

Speaking in the Rose Garden as some of his aides sobbed, Obama made a deliberate effort to counter Democrats' crushing sense of doom at the prospect of four years of President Trump. "It is no secret that the President-elect and I have some pretty significant differences," Obama said with Vice President Joe Biden at his side. "We are now all rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country."

[unlearner]

Where has this Obama been. For the second time in his presidency I find myself agreeing with Obama. The first was when he pointed to the hurt he experienced as a child due to the absence of a father and how children needed fathers in their lives. (This was from a father's day speech, and he specifically addressed how this issue is a particular problem among black families.)

[Starboard]

I am rooting for Trump to demolish Obama’s destructive policies and dismantle his legacy.

[choctaw man]

Not hardly...

[bkopto]

And I’m rooting for ObongoDinga’s exit.

[Publius]

Speaking in the Rose Garden as some of his aides sobbed...

Most satisfying words of the day.

[originalbuckeye]

The cynic in me says the Democrat’s posturing is all for show. I HOPE I’m wrong. If so, I will CHANGE my attitude.

[bigbob]

too bad there aren’t pictures...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well Barack, we appreciate that, Now please don’t go acting as if you didn’t believe what you just said.

[jonno]

Agreed. Obama had NUMEROUS opportunities to act as a uniting force. And yet in virtually every instance, he chose to divide.

[savedbygrace]

Have you forgotten so quickly that Obama is a liar?

“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”
(Emerson)

[uncitizen]

Yes! They are not accepting of their loss. They certainly don’t have a conciliatory attitude about it. They’re up to no good.

[kevao]

This is what they say publicly. Behind the scenes, they are now busy plotting to undermine Trump and his agenda.

[McGruff]

[Texas Eagle]

Yeah. Right. Every word that comes out of that sulfur factory of a mouth is a lie including the word, “uhhhh”.

[tuffydoodle]

Now Obama is going to see what it feels like when the new President repeats “Did you see the mess I inherited?”

[mrsmel]

Whatever you say Hussein. After all, as you said after your election victory, (paraphrasing)-”We won”. (Hussein said “I won).

[DoodleDawg]

Obama on Trump: 'We are now all rooting for his success'

Of course he is.

[goodnesswins]

Taquiya

[tuffydoodle]

“And I’m rooting for ObongoDinga’s exit.”

Him and his Moose need to vacate our white house asap.

[Fungi]

Liar.