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Former President Obama was not holding. back. He just led a powerful discussion. at Salem State University in. Massachusetts. Here he describes Donald. Trump as basically being a snowflake, Donald Trump being weak, that Donald. Trump is that guy. So it didn't surprise. Obama that Donald Trump would ban the. press from the White House. Here, play. this clip. >> Press is one of those. and the free. press. The idea that.

the government cannot. discriminate against or pick on or bully. or exclude. somebody because they don't like. the criticism that's being leveled at. them. That is a foundational issue. And and so. I am not surprised.

that the current president wants to ban. uh newscasts that are critical of him. because he's that guy. And meanwhile, you had Donald Trump at. the White House with Xi Jinping showing. President Xi of China what Trump calls. as his presidential wall of fame where. he mocks former presidents like Obama. and Biden here. Watch what was going. down. Play this clip. Trump and then.

>> to which former President Obama during. his discussion said, "Look, when I was. the president and past presidents, we. used to stand up to other leaders. throughout the world and we would push. other countries to do things in terms of. supporting democracy." Here, play this. clip. >> That that's foundational. When I was. president, we used to push other.

countries. not to do this. part of if I went on a if I was meeting. with. the Chinese or the Russians or anybody, I would be championing, you can't. imprison journalists. You can't exclude. them. You can't choose. a state organ that delivers your.

propaganda and your messaging non-stop. On the other hand, Donald Trump was with. Xi Jinping saying she is an expert on. stone. He loves good granite. Here, play. this clip. >> A very good meeting. >> We had a great meeting and he has great. interest in granite. He likes He likes. granite. He's an expert on stone aside. from many other things and he loves good. granite. Thank you very much. >> More from former President Obama here. talking about how important it was for.

him when he was the president to read at. least 10 letters a day of the 40,000 he. received from Americans so he could. understand and listen to what people. were going through. Play this clip. The. most valuable lessons I learned from. campaigning were conversations, interactions with people that were not. mediated by a bunch of fuss. You just. walked into a diner, you sat down, you. started talking to folks. You'd. introduce yourself first. You wouldn't.

just sit down because that would be that. would be rude. Um. and uh. and and what I would learn about. people's day-to-day struggles, right? you know, lost a job, worrying about. health insurance, child care is. terrible. Um, but also things that worked, right? You. know, I I went to this community college. and it gave me a great training and and. I've got a trade and I'm I just bought.

my first house and, you know, my wife's. a nurse. And so, you'd have these. interactions. Those became more and more. restricted. And by the time you get into the. presidency, it everybody's coming to you. and obviously, you know, they're a. little nervous when they show up in the. Oval Office or on the south lawn. And so I asked my team, I said,

we I think we got something at the time. like 40,000. pieces of. communication, letter, email a day. >> A day. >> A day. So, and we had this, you have an. entire office. devoted to answering letters. And we had these wonderful folks. Um, and there was this great young woman who. who. uh had volunteered on the campaign and.

worked her way up and and she became in. charge of answering all these letters. And people would you'd get volunteers. who would come and help just answer. mail. And I said, "Let's let's pull out. 10 letters every day. for me to read. Put them in a folder.". It was a purple folder. And I don't want you to just I I don't. need to just, oh, Mr. President, how. great you are. >> You're you're fantastic. And man, you.

you know, you're really good-look and. you know, and Well, no, no, I wasn't. fishing for that. I. >> I. My point A great smile. My my my point. is I I didn't want to I didn't want some. just artificial thing. I said, I want. this to be representative at any given. time of what all these these 40 thousand. letters, see if they're 10 letters a day. that kind of represent the mood. And.

they did a great job and and I'd get. these letters and and. you know, many of them are now we have a. we have a whole exhibit and and a video. that was made of these letters uh at the. presidential center. I have to go past. that exhibit. I I start tearing up when. I see them because you know the the. sometimes somebody would just say, "Mr. President, here's my monthly budget.

Here's how much I make. Here's what it. costs me to pay rent. Here's what it. costs for me for child care, food. Here's what I have left over. How do I how how do you expect me to be. able to make it and I'm working. full-time? Or somebody might write to me. and say, you know, Mr. President, um I. generally think you're an idiot,

but. I really appreciate how you seem to make. time for your family. And you know, it. it reminds me as as a dad that if as. busy as you are, you can still go to. your daughter's basketball game. I. should make time, too. Or. uh you know, dear Mr. President, I'm I. I'm I'm a a young Syrian refugee and I I.

I've just arrived here. Uh and it's it's. a very nice country and the people are. treating me really well. Um, and I. really like the food, especially pizza. Very nice. And but but what you'd get, and then there were there'd be kids. who'd send me stuff like, "Uh, why don't. you pass a law with no homework?". But but what it did was it gave it was.

the best I could do to approximate what. I had gotten before and and stay out of. the bubble and remind myself every day. when you're under these enormous. stresses and strains that the purpose of. being there was not the pomp and the. circumstance and the exercises of power. and policy debates. and beating your. political opponents. Like there were these people out there.

who sent you there cuz they they're. trying to figure out how to pay for. their groceries. and and that. helped shape. the mentality, right? My my sensibility. in terms of how I was approaching the. job. >> Former President Obama discussed his. travels across the country. Play this. clip. There is a. the thing that strikes you when you. travel around the country is that we are.

not as divided as our politics or our. media would suggest. >> Now that's a problem structurally. the the the the there are reasons why. our politics divides us. whether it's. gerrymandering or um. you know unrestricted campaign spending. and negative ads. And there's also structural reasons why. the media divides us because in this.

social media world now uh we're all. siloed off and we we each are pushed. towards a very particular vision of the. world often fed by fear. u that makes us mistrust each other. But. when you're on the ground, what's. striking is that you I remember the. first time I started campaigning in uh. Iowa, and look, there is a lot of corn. there. Uh that that stereotype is true,

but you'll go into a rural community in. Iowa and discover that. here's a town that was founded by. uh. hippies and here's uh there's an. Orthodox community, you know, Jewish community living side. by side uh with a bunch of farmers and. and people work together.

and they extend grace towards each other. in ways that you do not see in your doom. scrolling. More from former President. Obama right here saying that the. American people support the progress. that's been made for marginalized. groups, for the LGBTQ community, for. minority groups, but there's a lot of. people in this country who still want to. try to divide us. But most Americans. support the progress made here, play.

this clip, is in part manufactured for a. variety of interests. And when you get. on the ground, it turns out people are. still treating each other decently and. with respect. And the progress that's. been made on civil rights or women's. rights or LGBTQ rights have have not. been reversed. you know, in in most. places, people strongly, the vast. majority of people believe in those. things. >> More from former President Obama right.

here, talking about when he travels. around uh the country as well. Um, one. of the things that he hears not just. from young people, but when he hears. about the praise for uh Minneapolis and. how Minneapolis was a shining example uh. to the entire country about how you. stand up against the Trump regime. Play. this clip. the the people of Minneapolis. mobilized themselves,

organized themselves in pretty harrowing. situations, and it's bitter cold. And. you have you have neighbors setting up. committees and systems to deliver. groceries to families and to document. what was happening. And when people had. been detained, often times mistakenly or. falsely, they'd be there at these. detention centers cuz it's the middle of. winter and they're they had been.

snatched out without a coat. And. citizens organized themselves to be at. those detention centers so that when. people were released after being. incorrectly held, somebody was there. with a coat and a ride for them home. And what that did was a it it it it. created a an awareness.

and and and they set a moral example. whereby even people who. wanted tougher immigration. uh enforcement looked at that and said, "Well, no, we didn't mean that. that's. not that's not what we were talking. about. Um, and so that that's a recent. example that we've seen of of of the of. the power of the citizenry. Uh, you.

know, and and sometimes. it doesn't always work, but you keep at. it. and and that's where my faith comes. in is is that thing in the human spirit. when it's activated in citizens. um. even at very local levels uh it it it it. wakes up other people's consciousness. >> Obama talks about old men clinging to. power. Let's play this clip. G. >> getting. younger voices out there, giving them.

platforms, I think, is really important. um. identifying this generations of leaders. as opposed to past generations of. leaders, this generation of thinkers. rather than those who. still have a lot of wisdom but um are. not as attuned to the moment. uh because. I I I think that we. what. one of the challenges we face globally.

is. old men clinging to power. and and and. they're afraid. and I say men very deliberately. They're afraid of irrelevance and death. And this has been a. a.

theme of humanity since its inception. and don't encourage it. >> A longer clip right here of former. President Obama calling out Donald Trump. as that guy. Here's the full discussion. though. I want to share this with you. Let's play it. It is not only uh normal. but proper for us to have debates. sometimes really tough debates about.

uh the collective course of this of this. country. We we should have debates about. tax policy. We we should have debates. about um I don't think we should have. debates about whether the planet is. warming but we can have debates about. how to. uh approach. the fact that the planet is warming. Um. we can have debates about what is the. right balance that we should strike.

between u our interest in security and. protecting our civil liberties and our. privacy. Um we we should have a very. robust debate right now about AI and how. do we weigh benefits versus risks. Uh. and so so we this country has never. agreed uh uniformly with everything. Um.

but there are some foundational. creeds, some some some. bedrock truths. that are. makes us who we are. that make us American. >> And free press is one of those. in the. free press. The idea that. the government cannot.

discriminate against or pick on or bully. or exclude. somebody because they don't like. the criticism that's being leveled at. them. That is a foundational issue. And and so. I am not surprised.

that the current president wants to ban. uh newscasts that are critical of him. because he's that guy. It amuses me. By the way, look, we we. can talk about. wokeness, but remember when everybody's. like, why is there, you know, these. minorities and women are being so. sensitive and and I I'm happy to weigh.

in on some of those issues. I I do think. sometimes uh the strategies behind uh. what became term wokeness were not. always designed to bring people together. and and actually advance the cause. But. you know the Republicans used to say you. you can't uh you want to silence. everybody because some students were. protesting or this is the president of. the United States can't take some.

criticism. and. I'm not surprised by his reaction the. fact that you do not have a as far as I. can tell any substantial group of. republic Republicans. who are standing up and saying, "No, you. can't do that because we don't want if. there's a Democratic president to be. banning Fox News or,

you know, whatever other outlets. uh that are going off on Democratic. presidents. it it's you can't do that. for and and say that you are still. living in a democracy that that's. foundational. When I was president, we. used to push other countries. not to do this. Part of if I went on a if I was meeting. with.

the Chinese or the Russians or anybody, I would be championing, you can't. imprison journalists. You can't exclude. them. You can't choose. a state organ that delivers your. propaganda and your messaging non-stop. And and and and so. um. this should not be a partisan issue. I.

want to I want to underscore this th. this should be something that rises. above partisanship. Former President Obama then gives the. hypothetical on women being in charge of. every government for two years and how. he thinks that's a great idea. Here, let's play this clip. >> Even when I was president, I sometimes. fantasized. about.

if you put uh. women in charge of every government for. like two years. and then just kind of saw, all right, how how how are things going? I have a strong belief. >> that things would they wouldn't be. perfect, >> but they'd be better. >> But they'd be be they'd be better. >> I'm I'm I'm I'm confident about that. I. really do. So,

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