Ryan Lizza: “The former president delivered a memorable speech that balanced torching the sitting president with assuring voters of the possibility of something better. All the while, he pulled back the historical view to 30,000 feet where it was possible to show voters the sweep of American history and remind them that the country, despite what he called ‘these dark times,’ has faced bigger challenges than Trump.”
“Obama accused Trump of failing to ‘discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care.’ He essentially accused him of corruption and abuse of power, saying Trump had ‘no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends.’ And he accused his successor of a dangerous form of narcissism when he said that Trump had ‘no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves.’”
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