Barack Obama TORCHES Trump in CHICAGO SPEECH!!!

Former President Barack Obama just. delivered the knockout punch to Donald. Trump in what I think may have been one. of Obama's best speeches yet. He gave a. speech at the opening of his. presidential library. He began by. talking about how this nation on our. 250th. birthday should always remember no. kings. Let's play this clip right here. >> A declaration that we are all created. equal.

Endowed by our creator with certain. unalienable rights, and that in the. newly independent United States, there. will be no kings or lords, no serfs or. subjects, but only citizens. Each of us free to pursue our own. version of happiness, and able to determine our collective. fate. through an elected representative. government. It had not been done. >> Powerful words indeed. Former President.

Obama then talked about how with. everything going on in the world, I'm. not immune to anger or doubt, but I do. know this. A powerful message that we. should all be listening to. Let's play. this clip. >> I get it. I am not immune to anger or doubt. But I do know this. When we lose faith in each other,

when we stop believing that voting. matters, that citizenship matters, that our collective voices matter, that how we treat each other no longer. matters, then we give away our power to decide. our own futures. We open the door to the most ruthless. or the most careless. or the most fearful among us.

Who. sees some groups and some people as more. equal than others. And see government as nothing more than. a way to divvy up the spoils. and punish enemies. And keep those who are different in. their place. I do not believe that is the story of. America that prevails in the end.

I don't believe it because for us to. give up, for us to give in now, after all this country's been through. to cynicism and division, would be a. betrayal of our founding ideals. A betrayal of our faith. And I remain convinced that the. overwhelming majority of Americans feel. the same way. That as unsettled as we are, people.

aren't looking for perpetual anger. and division. They are looking for fairness and common. sense and mutual respect. That deep in. our gut, we want to find a way to turn. towards each other again, not further. away. >> Former President Obama also talks about. how when American foreign policy lives. up to our highest ideals, lives up to.

our values, when we champion human. rights and democracy, we can take the. lead in very important ways. And. obviously, he's building a major. contrast here between himself and Donald. Trump. Let's play it. >> Yes, America has made its share. of foreign policy mistakes. Our actions have not always matched our. rhetoric.

We've learned that we can't solve every. conflict or solve or stop every atrocity. around the globe, but at our best. the United States has been an undeniable. force for good in the world. And what I heard on every continent as. president. is that when America. when American foreign policy lives up to. our highest ideals, when we champion human rights and. democracy. and the sound stewardship of our planet.

when we take the lead in the eradicating. disease and feeding the hungry. and educating children. when we encourage cooperation between. nations. instead of trying to dominate and bully. and squeeze every advantage just because. we can. And and most of all, when we show. through our example here at home. that even a country as big.

and diverse as ours can make democracy. work. it turns out all nations. including ours become more prosperous. and secure. and the world gets a little bit. brighter. >> And then he goes in to talk about. forming a more perfect union. How our. founders in the Declaration of.

Independence and in the Constitution. made some major errors, some. catastrophic ones. However, they left a. framework for future generations to. perfect. the union here. Play this clip. >> to pursue our own version of happiness, and able to determine our collective. fate. through an elected representative. government, it had not BEEN DONE.

AND BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE, the success of this experiment was never. a given. In forming our union, the founders fell. terribly short of the Declaration's. promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the. franchise to white men who own property. But in drafting a constitution and a.

bill of rights, they did have the. foresight, the genius, to provide us with a framework that. allows each generation. to make our union more perfect. And over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests, marches and strikes, moral appeals from the pulpit and. conversations. at the family dinner table, men and women from all walks of life,

of every color, every faith, every. region, took up the cause of democracy and made. it their own until we, the people, came. to include not just some of us, but all. of us. >> You know, there are certain things that. make you feel good. Maybe it's. celebrating a win, helping someone out, or just taking a moment for yourself. during a busy day. For me lately, it's. been cracking open an Olipop. Olipop is.

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mistakes that were made. Let's play this. clip. >> Now, of course, we did not accomplish. everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished. business. In some cases, my own shortcomings and. mistakes. In some cases, because as I said, I kept. on the Resolute desk red. Hard things are hard.

And that's especially true. in a big, raucous, diverse, argumentative, democracy like the United States of. America. Everybody's got an opinion. And that means getting stuff done. involves reconciling the demands of a. couple of hundred million people. Democracy can be frustrating.

It can be slow. It can be inefficient. And yet more than anything, I hope this. center will serve as an affirmation of. just how special. how precious. our democracy truly is. And remind us what we can achieve when. we embrace our shared responsibilities. as citizens. >> [applause].

>> And then, former President Obama talks. about how. the exhibits here are focused not just. on policies, but our shared values. Let's play it right here. >> King's Bible. and a pamphlet by Ida B. Wells, suffragist buttons, and a hard hat worn. by FDR's labor secretary, Frances. Perkins. And it's why the exhibits here focus not. just on policies,

but on the shared values that make. democracy possible. A belief in the intrinsic dignity and. worth of all people. And that no one is above the law or. beneath its protection. A belief in checks and balances in our. government and an accountability that. comes with an independent judiciary and. a robust free press. A belief that our military and law.

enforcement owe allegiance not to any. president or political party, but to the. people and our Constitution. A belief in the peaceful transfer of. power after the people have spoken in. fair and free elections, recognizing. that in a large complicated society like. ours, no group or faction gets its way. 100% of the time. And a belief that.

qualities of character, honesty, integrity, kindness, compassion, a sense of duty and honor, those things matter in our public. dealings just as they do in our private. lives. These are not. These are the values. and traditions I believe in.

And they are not Republican or. Democratic values. They're American values we can all share. regardless of party. Values every. president here today, as different as we. are, has tried our best to uphold. Values that John McCain and Mitt Romney. believed in no less than I did. It is our greatest inheritance. >> And Obama talks about a declaration that. we are all created equal as I showed you.

at the outset of this video. Let's play. it. >> And remind us what we can achieve when. we embrace our shared responsibilities. as citizens. And And since we're. a few weeks away from America's 250th. birthday, it is worth remembering. just how radical the whole idea of. self-government really was back in 1776.

To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and. caste. and rigid hierarchies. A world where the strong dominated the. weak. Where power and wealth and status flowed. through lineage. And the many were ruled by the few.

But out of the fire and steel of a. revolution, a different story took. flight. On this continent, a declaration that we are all created. equal. Endowed by our creator with certain. unalienable rights, and that in the. newly independent United States, there. will be no kings or lords, no serfs or. subjects, but only citizens. Each of us free to pursue our own.

version of happiness. Enabled to determine our collective fate. through an elected representative. government. It had not been done. And because it hadn't been done before, the success of this experiment was never. a given. In forming our union, the founders. >> Powerful words indeed. And here's what. he said about the speech that was just. delivered by former First Lady Michelle.

Obama that I also put on this feed on. the Midas Touch Network. And this is. just, you know, just the humanity. Just being Just being real with us. I. miss this. I miss this. Let's play this. clip. >> To Michelle, she did me wrong.

She wouldn't let me see her speech. She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway. But she's always made me better. And I could not be more grateful. And to Sasha and Malia, what can I say? You mean everything to. me. >> There you have it, folks. Let me know. what you thought about that speech by.

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