Tuesday, January 31, 2017

A no-drama Obama

Former president Barack Obama embraces a staff member before boarding Special Air Mission 28000, a Boeing 747 which serves as Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 20, 2017. Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

As the new President of the United States takes office seeking to eradicate all that Barack Obama stood for, we have been forcefully reminded that Donald Trump's inauguration has not expunged the new President's flaws. His xenophobia, sexism, crudeness, petulance, impulsiveness and contempt for decent values are still there. After the grace, intelligence and eloquence of "no-drama" Obama, what America swallowed hook, line and sinker about Trump, the world must now digest. It has been a popular misconception – fostered by Trump and the alt-right – that the US under Obama has been a country... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.

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