Obama ditching promise of “smooth” transition to Trump

The Washington Times ^ | December 18, 2016

[jazusamo]

President Obama is dishing out a much rockier transfer of power to Donald Trump than he received from his predecessor eight years ago, from accusing the president-elect of being aided by Russian hackers, to first lady Michelle Obama complaining that the nation has lost hope.

Despite pledging a “smooth and efficient” transition on the day after Mr. Trump’s victory, Mr. Obama has presided over an increasingly acrimonious war of words between the White House and the president-elect’s team.

The awkward hand-off of the baton stands in stark contrast to the cooperative atmosphere fostered by Republican George W. Bush’s White House in 2008 when Mr. Obama was preparing to take office, an example of unity that Obama advisers still talk about.

[WhirlwindAttack]

I have a relative who works in the white hut. They told me that the place will have to be fumigated and the exterminators called in before President Trump take residence.

They told me the place stinks inside. This was just recently passed along to me.

[frnewsjunkie]

obama says this kind of ‘sweet crap’ and the media uses it to say how nice he is.. and then blame Trump for when it goes sour... for we all know “obama is never to blame”..

obama never intended to let Trump in on cordial grounds.. that’s why Trump should have saved his compliments for the rat!

[New Jersey Realist]

We don’t need his stinkin’ cooperation. We just need him to get the hell out of the White House.