Former President Barack Obama speaks with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in a wide-ranging interview about the importance of preserving democracy in the US and around the world. #CNN #News
Some people argue that Obama is "safe" with his verbiage or "too political" sounding that suggests hes holding back or being dishonest. I would argue that he sounds "careful" to be able to get his general point across without offending the over sensitive. When you blurt stuff out and "simplify" it is open to interpretation which generally distracts from the actual message. Agree or disagree with him, he is far more intelligent than many of today's representatives.
Probable because being measured and thoughtfull in what one is saying has gotten so rare these days. Being bombastic and in your face gives airtime and guarantees your base of support will send you money and break there neck to vote for you. It buys votes.
lol that was him his entire presidency. a bunch of "not racist" people getting outraged over a black president or his wife doing "outrageous" stuff like fist bumping each other and "being uppity" ordering mustard on a burger. he has to dumb it down for the mouthbreathers.
@@user-hp6ls8qy6d don’t be jealous because Obama was coherent, he did such a good job Americans voted him in for a 2nd term. Some presidents don’t get a 2nd term because people hated their first term and vote them out quickly. On top of that Obama won the office twice off pure votes and not an electoral college victory, I can’t even remember the last republican who presidency from pure votes without the help of the electoral college. Trump and bush didn’t get the majority vote if it was based off that they both would have lost. The people of America have spoken.
Regardless of politics, this man's exemplary high intelligence & sincere empathy towards elevating *every* American is a blessing to our nation. May God protect him & send us more like him if God is willing.
@@tonystorcke It is what it is . Obviously you don't have a full understanding about what real "racism" entailed !!!!??? I know you've heard this before in total disbelief that "black folks can't be racist ." Well to your dismay it's a fact , and a well documented fact . Case and point : Can you tell me precisely HOW HAVE BLACK RACISM ADVERSELY IMPACTED THE WHITE RACE AS A WHOLE , NOT AS INDIVIDUALS , BUT A WHOLE !!!!???? Ways white racism has adversely impacted the black race as a whole . 1) As disgusting as it may sound , hell we didn't get the right to vote until 1965 . 2) We face discrimination in HOUSING , HIRING , JUSTICE , MEDICINE , BORROWING , VOTING in terms of voter suppression and gerrymandering . etc . So you see real racism which is deeply rooted in the fabric of this country has concrete consequences . By the same token you called President Obama "A fully racist President" no doubt is totally abstract with not a single consequence. Then you said "As long as the Democrat party intends to maintain power, race and racism must remain at the forefront." Are you pretending that the republican party and the American white folks are exempted from this calamity !!!?? If this is your take , then this tells me that you're completely maligned with that other BIG LIE . But let me refute this blatant lie you're carrying around . Where's the diversity in the republican party !!!??? Did you realize that "55%" of white folks voted for John MaCain . and "59%" voted for MItt Romney !!!???? This was an overwhelming majority . The opposition against this black man becoming this country's first black President was thick you could have cut it with a knife . So who's really , really "fully racist" here !!!??
@@bkstandard882 There are different perspectives racism just like there are different kinds of fear. What is not said is as important as what is not said. What is not being said is that racism as an issue cannot be allowed to disappear from the narrative for the sake of the Democrat party. RACISM TO A Democrat is like cavities and tooth decay to a dentist. Secretly, the dentist knows and benefits from cavities.
*Trump 2024 America First!* After Obama caused ISIS to become a terrorist organization, with President Trump's leadership and foreign policies, ISIS was taken out of power. After many years of U.S. leaders saying, they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, only Trump kept his promise and made it happen. President Trump got rid of NAFTA, which wasn't fair to the U.S., and created a more fair package called the USMCA trade agreement. President Trump secured the southern U.S. border, and very few illegals made it across before he left office. The Dems reversed that accomplishment. President Trump made the U.S. the #1 oil producer in the world before he left office. Biden reversed that in just a few months after taking office. President Trump had the U.S. petroleum reserves topped off before he left office. Biden gave away over half of it to other countries, including China. In Illinois, where I live, fuel prices were at $1.96 a gallon before Trump left office. Within months, Biden had the fuel prices up to $4.00 a gallon. With President Trump's leadership, more U.S. companies were coming back to the U.S., and the U.S. economy was humming on all cylinders. Anyone that wanted a job could find a job. There were record breaking jobs numbers for every ethnic group in the U.S.. Those are just some of the accomplishments from our great leader... President Donald J. Trump!!
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
He earned where he got to. Intelligence, hard work. His wife is a beautiful woman and the hate they received they never went low. That’s class. Ppl try to break them but what they represented & what he accomplished stands
He was a product of the control of the presidency by the Military Industrial Complex. He proposed a lot of good things early on in his first term but was blocked in accomplishing them for the most part. He was able to get a cobbled up Health Care Plan and he couldn't do much else. Still, I have the feeling he was our most decent, intelligent president since Jimmy Carter.
Obama concerned more about India while China is peacefully torturing and exterminating Uighurs (and giving viruses to the world) and Pakistan and most other autocratic Islamic countries are persecuting and exterminating their minorities.. The hypocrisy is astounding.. And if its a paid opinion, he might have been paid pretty well. Who gave this hypocritic ex presidential filth (who bombed the lights out of many musim majority middle eastern countries) the nobel prize? I am sure thats part of a larger agenda as well which works to keep non-white developing countries submissive to Western nations.
i thank him for keeping the memory of a decent man like John in our minds. Obama and him were the best presidential candidate rivalry in decades, possibly in the history of the country. Men as well spoken and decent like these, even though they do have questionable decisions and policies, are found very rarely in politics
The intelligence, well spoken articulate mild mannered! the ability to speak to us no matter what level of schooling you’ve had the way President Obama speaks is understood by all is incredible! YOU ARE SO MISSED ❤
He’s a warmongering murderer. Google Obama Doctors Without Borders. Or just look at the fact he took us from 2 wars to 7 for oil. Destroying the Middle East even more than bush which created open slave markets in Libya and displaced and murdered hundreds of thousands if not millions.
“Although I was always skeptical that my election would somehow signify a post-racial America…. I was always someone who reminded the country of the progress that was possible…. That was my brand, ya know, the hope and change thing.” Just refreshing dialogue for any President, any leader. Barack Obama wanted to be a good leader, a better leader, for us, not for himself. That was important, because we have felt the absence of that mentality in the years after.
There are 1,790,000 black millionaires in America . Now that is not one in a million .Money isn't everything but it shows blacks CAN make it in America .
@@Rgraceful1 Not really sure what that has to do with what is being discussed. Just cause some can make it, that precludes the utter bullshit that most have to deal with. That “I’m good, sucks for you” attitude benefits no community of any stipe.
@@bernardwylie9760 Any and all communities have the absolute ability to change and become whatever they want. It comes down to individual and collective effort. If the collective is not there, the individual has the absolute ability to go anywhere in this country and become whatever they want to become. Excuses are not acceptable.
During Obama's term I was not an Obama supporter. But in 2023 with the world gone so crazy and hearing so many heartbreaking things from so many different people of opposing views ... I could not help but listen to this and think ... "Well here is where all the common sense has gone" ... Over the past year My views have changed and my heart is broken. I have been far too distracted with some severe health issues to get into many political discussions and the like. But with certain friends sending me links and articles that go against how I think and feel today ... Is exhausted as I am just to survive each day ... I was starting to feel as though I need to start telling the truth about what I think and feel ... But then I listen to this and wouldn't it be a great idea to just send it to the people I disagree with-who don't know that I disagree with them ... And just ask them to listen to this, then try to defend their position or information but they believe to be true... I'm tired regardless of politics but I'm glad that Obama has come out to speak some common sense I just hope that he is wrong about the ability to knit opposing opinions together ... He is probably not, but I'm still going to keep my private faith on this . 🤗
I'm afraid that Obama is right about difficulty knitting opposing opinions together. .... It's just particularly worse since Trumph which will take years and voting some extremists out of congress to get a bit better. It we are heading in the right direction now you can find peace in that. God bless you ❤️🙏
Don’t let fear of people not listening to you stop you from saying what you believe the truth to be. Trust me, it always lingers in their mind. Then one day it just clicks in their head that what you said was right. For me it’s spreading the good news that God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins so that anyone who puts their trust in Jesus will not die but have eternal life in Heaven. Jesus is the only way. I may get a lot of pushback for my belief but one day, hopefully before they die, they will realize this truth and put their faith in Jesus. The devil has designed this world to distract everyone from the truth. There’s so much injustice in this world and putting your trust in the system that’s corrupt because it’s being run by corrupt people you’ll never find justice. But God will deliver true justice in the end. The question is, will you be on the right side when He delivers judgement?
Distributism seeks to devolve or widely distribute that control to individuals (Families) within society, rejecting what it saw as the twin evils of plutocracy and bureaucracy. Capitalism advocates 'corporate ownership' of property and the means of production. Socialism advocates 'state ownership' of property and the means of production. Distributism advocates 'family ownership' of property and the means of production.
His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
Ah yes true class and character. Like bringing us from 2 wars to 7, including the open slave markets that now exist in Libya. Or how about occupying a third of Syria for their oil. Barry spoke nice but he also dropped bombs on sovereign nations every day for 8 years. Google Doctors Without Borders Obama. The man is a literal war criminal but omg he speaks so politely he’s so great! He worked for Wall Street and the corporations, not the American people.
You are easily misled by outer appearances. What he actually DID, makes him the worse president in history. I dont blame you .I was - sorta, kinda uninformed too. Note: Who do you think is running the show with JB as the apparent President?
*Trump 2024 MAGA!* After Obama caused ISIS to become a terrorist organization, with President Trump's leadership and foreign policies, ISIS was taken out of power. After many years of U.S. leaders saying, they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, only Trump kept his promise and made it happen. President Trump got rid of NAFTA, which wasn't fair to the U.S., and created a more fair package called the USMCA trade agreement. President Trump secured the southern U.S. border, and very few illegals made it across before he left office. The Dems reversed that accomplishment. President Trump made the U.S. the #1 oil producer in the world before he left office. Biden reversed that in just a few months after taking office. President Trump had the U.S. petroleum reserves topped off before he left office. Biden gave away over half of it to other countries, including China. In Illinois, where I live, fuel prices were at $1.96 a gallon before Trump left office. Within months, Biden had the fuel prices up to $4.00 a gallon. With President Trump's leadership, more U.S. companies were coming back to the U.S., and the U.S. economy was humming on all cylinders. Anyone that wanted a job could find a job. There were record breaking jobs numbers for every ethnic group in the U.S.. Those are just some of the great accomplishments from our great leader... President Donald J. Trump!
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
It saddens me that there is so much demonization of one another. We are still one Nation. We share common beliefs and have more in common than we realize. We cherish our freedom above all. I like candidates who recognize what we have in common instead of extremism.
I felt the same that the media gave 24hrs coverage for the submarine that went missing but didn’t have the same coverage when the fishing boat capsized in the Mediterranean with more than 700 immigrants. It’s unfortunate.
@rufanuf1 So this is what gives you entertainment on a Friday evening. I think his point is he was just corroborating the video with his own thoughts. I think your point is to ragebait.
@@stephenbergeron6268 "Ragebait" 🤣 That's a new one on me. I am just making an observation about the state of Black American Culture. Regression is a real issue it seems.
I miss having a president who could look at out country, it's history, and even the history of the world, and analyze it, understand it, and speak truth to it and to what it means to us as a people in this modern era. You almost forget how smart, well spoken, and wise Obama was after the sh*t show of the last few years. Really miss him. best president I ever voted for and I'd vote for him a hundred times over.
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
Thank you for recognizing the stress of gender and economic inequality. People think Obama is all about race, when in fact he is much more nuanced in his understanding of social politics.
Zero impeachments, zero indictments, zero pay offs of affairs or other illegal activities, respected everyone equally, zero sexual harassment charges, paid his proper share of taxes, HISTORY will remember him as the best President of the USA. ✊🏾
Nah Lincoln was better, he was dealing with rebel states, ended slavery, made sure Spanish empire never came close and kept a great economy at the same time.
@@isntyourbusiness putting an end to slavery resulted in his assassination, he sacrificed his life to end slavery. Under him US also surpassed UK's GDP.
@@isntyourbusiness they are very different time periods indeed. But modern day Obama was excellent and handled the great recession left by G. Bush, got affordable health care, and brought back our housing market caused by bank failures with Henry Paulson., And paid down considerable debt in America, small businesses grew. .
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
How is the title of this video not "Obama: economic inequality is as much threat to democracy as race". The example of the media coverage over the billionaire sub vs 700 immigrants dead off the coast of Greece sent self-reflective chills down my spine.
*Trump 2024 MAGA!* After Obama caused ISIS to become a terrorist organization, with President Trump's leadership and foreign policies, ISIS was taken out of power. After many years of U.S. leaders saying, they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, only Trump kept his promise and made it happen. President Trump got rid of NAFTA, which wasn't fair to the U.S., and created a more fair package called the USMCA trade agreement. President Trump secured the southern U.S. border, and very few illegals made it across before he left office. The Dems reversed that accomplishment. President Trump made the U.S. the #1 oil producer in the world before he left office. Biden reversed that in just a few months after taking office. President Trump had the U.S. petroleum reserves topped off before he left office. Biden gave away over half of it to other countries, including China. In Illinois, where I live, fuel prices were at $1.96 a gallon before Trump left office. Within months, Biden had the fuel prices up to $4.00 a gallon. With President Trump's leadership, more U.S. companies were coming back to the U.S., and the U.S. economy was humming on all cylinders. Anyone that wanted a job could find a job. There were record breaking jobs numbers for every ethnic group in the U.S.. Those are just some of the great accomplishments from our great leader... President Donald J. Trump!
Thank you, President Obama, for noticing and highlighting the difference in coverage between the 5 wealthy deep-sea tourists and the hundreds of refugees lost at sea every month. Your compassion and wisdom are deeply missed!
What has a person enlightened, it's to aquire their information from a lot of sources that are valid. Remember no one should believe everything they see or hear. It is a duty to the individuals who aquire information to check their sources. Polarization based on bad information never solves anything. We all have to be vigilant to make good decisions about everything. If you only base a decision on what you hear without looking at other sources you've made a bad decision and a bad decision has consequences. I'm just asking all of you to think about this.
Why? Because he was raised by his white family in Hawaii, or is it because he chose to live in white Marta's Vinyard instead of black Chicago??? Get a job like the rest of America.
What the American people do not get is too many of both race are in the same boat today. Poverty is wide spread but we still fight against each other because of black and white when the power with in us all could correct our own ills.
I'm a huge Obama fan, mid 30s, in Tennessee, voted for him twice. I have never in my life met, seen, or known men in modern times that are "afraid of changing gender roles", that "don't like it when women speak out and fight to have the same rights and power as men." Yet I hear this so often from certain left groups you'd think it's as prevalent as racism was in the 50's. I fully believe it's out there, but it's nowhere near widespread and common outside the minds of people in a certain echochamber that believe they see it everywhere. I've yet to see direct proof that this is a modern day problem in the US that men don't see women as equals.
Oh my. You don’t see sexism? Really? We had a president who had 22 credible accusations of sexual assault at the time of his election. He called female political opponents “ugly” to discredit them. It doesn’t matter if guys you know don’t say or do these things. It’s that saying and doing these things doesn’t stop a man from rising to the highest realms of power in the world.
sometimes you don't recognize these types of men because you may not be around when they say things like that to the persons who challenge gender roles or the 'outspoken women' who are petitioning for equal treatment. many times these men will intentionally choose situations when no one else is around to say how they truly feel.
Obama concerned more about India while China is peacefully torturing and exterminating Uighurs (and giving viruses to the world) and Pakistan and most other autocratic Islamic countries are persecuting and exterminating their minorities.. The hypocrisy is astounding.. And if its a paid opinion, he might have been paid pretty well. Who gave this hypocritic ex presidential filth (who bombed the lights out of many musim majority middle eastern countries) the nobel prize? I am sure thats part of a larger agenda as well which works to keep non-white developing countries submissive to Western nations.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -Joseph Biden
The pragmatism is so fascinating. The problem is that it shouldn't be the exception. It should be the standard. However, when standards get so low, it seems and sounds more exceptional than it should.
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
Damn...you don't know what you have until you lose it. 😢 This used to be who represented the best of America. Now look at the clowns we have. He was an example of a great America. What we have now is revenge politics.
@shlepmessing8703 Obama has never been a source of revenge politics. He has only responded to Trump. Or responded when asked about Trump. Since Trump got in office and ultimately removed by the voters he has mentioned Obama constantly. Obama doesn't do interviews or tweet about Trump.
Biggest fault Obama has, is his loyalty to Biden and hate towards Trump for rather superficial reasons.. He was a fairly good president though, but he is also wrong about Germany.. Germany didn't look at their past and came to terms with it (in an american sense at least), they did what we have always done in Europe, they moved on and pretended it never happened.. Crying about the past, changes nothing and is a waste of time.
Not a good leader tho. He started wars, killed innocent people, started beef with North Korea, cut a lot of peoples jobs. And overall was a disappointment. Majority of his presidency he wasn’t popular
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard someone speak good grammar, and who can string two not sentences together. You don’t realize how much you miss someone until they’re not around much anymore.
GRAMMAR?? STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
McCain's who I voted for in 2008 but that said he had no balls and Sarah Palin had more b***s then he had . That why he lost to a g*y Black phony dude ! 😂🇺🇸🇮🇹🇲🇽
This is someone who went to school. You can easily read his grades at school. Very well educated. Unlike some who went to bully and flash money, any copied others answers 😊
@@delmanpronto9374 But Obama *was* an outstanding student. Law Review editor at Harvard. A Professor of Constitutional Law at one of America's finest law schools. And I would argue that the high % of folks who track conspiracy theories, who support Trump because they deny facts, is deeply rooted in their lack of an education.
Saying the laziest, easiest grift there is to avoid actual productive dialogues. - Barack Obama saying the same old nonsense that falls apart under even the most basic scrutiny.
Nobody wants to talk about that he knows it the world knows it and we have folks who wanna ignore it and it’s not going away it’s actually gonna get louder and louder just based of birth rates and the population leaning towards now minorities in the future. With more people it’s not gonna get quieter. Folks are gonna start pointing this stuff out more and more
Racism was almost dead just before he was President. Then all sudden every critique ever brought up about him was just dismissed as racism. Now people won't shut up about race. Yadda yadda, Aunt Jemima can't be on my syrup bottle no more.
Mr. President Obama is a very intelligent leader. As a Generation Z voter, I appreciate the leadership from President Obama. As a 4 year old, I was watching President Obama on TV. President Obama was our President during my childhood. President Obama is a well spoken and classy leader.
He is up there calling republican evil. Same as ever other democrats. Biden comes out calling everyone a Maga racist We hadn't have race issues till obuma came. All you guys talk about race.
Obama is the president that started this big division we are experiencing now. He didn't know how to handle the economy either. Screwed up foreign affairs.
In my mind, the most knowledgeable, intelligent, articulate and compassionate leader of his generation. It's a pipedream but if only a quarter of Congress and society at large could approach governance and participation in our Democracy in his manner, this country would come near to living the ideals and principles our founding documents describe.
He is not compassionate. He fooled you. Compassionate people don’t hoard millions while their kin are in poverty. When he does something dramatic for the poor in Chicago come back and tell us. He is a smooth criminal
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
@@johnsmith7140 2009-2017 was his presidency but I’m sure you knew that. During this time so many Americans lost work but still he some how was able to add so much debt much more than trump. Obama bombed rhe hell out of Iraq and was one of the reason why isis started. He put kids at the border in cages and then blamed it on trump.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -Joseph Biden
Thank you Mr. Obama for addressing the issue of disproportionate wealth in the U.S and the adverse effects this undoubtedly has on sustaining democracy. This issue strongly signifies grave injustice here in the United States and therefore must be realized and perceived as a real threat to democracy. I would add to that, the antiquated, unethical and biased systems that undermine the welfare of the vulnerable in our country also warrants revisioning. I’m disgusted with the way the vulnerable are not protected when there are systems involved that should be protecting them. The vulnerable are met with an incompetent checklist and a blatant disregard for their well-being when their safety and welfare is clearly endangered through the United States tolerance for deliberate abuse and neglect of children- the vulnerable. Since when did justice equate to someone’s opinion of another person rather than on facts ? Why are people’s value determined by their socioeconomic status? Why is justice only a reality for those who have the monetary/social advantage ?
Well, Democratic pillars allows those vulnerable sectors of society suffers. That is the real thing about democracy. Let the markets dictates how the people will interact in terms of their economic status. This is like, a modern version of Charles' Darwin's Survival of the Fittest" right! But there is a model that sincerely cares and protect those vulnerable sectors of society. In fact, China applied this kind of models in their government. Socialist Democracy with Chinese Characteristics" Try to observe China now.. Where are they? It is so rare to find homeless people in China. That's a fact.
We need to have discernment concerning this guy. He embodies every liberal ideal that exists in a very calculated way. He does not have the Holy Spirit of God. This is the Spirit of Antichrist at it's finest. It always take up host in a willing vessel who is adequately positioned for the times to dominate and destroy the godly. As it's written, that final iteration will "destroy many through peace". Some things to consider...
They all said the same thing about Hitler and that's how Hitler got so much blind obedience. Listen to Obamas words here "Misinformation" etc. Lol. But if you read what he reads it's not misinformation. It's the world according to HIM and what he thinks. JUST LIKE HITLER
It was all kinds of senseless for him to say, “if I had a son he’d look like Trevon Martin” from the presidential podium if he really wanted justice for Trevon Martin.
@@Randy-jz9ox tell about Syria, Iraq, Libya Afganistan, Yaman, Somalia civilian brutally murdered by USA. Where did Owama's human rights go then ??????? Hypocrisy is at its peak .😃😃👌👌👌
@@harold9394 It didn't break my heart at all. I just called out Obama on the liar he was/is. You have more serious things to worry about with the Hunter and Chinese email with Joe Biden in the room!!!! lol...
How so? Starting the cages for illegal immigrant children? The sky rocketing price of health care? The Benghazi attacks? Blocking the 9/11 crime bill? and so much more. Yes, he was a great president and began the downfall of our country.
Thank you Barack. ...The massive loss of the lives of of the economically insecure, everyday, doesn't ring the bells of alarm that mass media addresses, as much the loss of 5 of the wealthy.
Barack had a chance to make a difference. But he failed the people who voted for him.He went with the people who supported him financially as they all do.We all thought Barack would be another F.D.R.
Addressing the backlash to changing gender roles is so important. It shows he’s paying attention to human impact not just political will. Miss him so much.
STOP WORSHIPPING A VOICE AND AN IMAGE. Where is his change?? His own city Chicago is in shambles, kids unruly, migrants taking over blk neighborhoods: Where is the " empathy" and "leadership" where its needed the most besides paid interviews like this and Netflix deals? Real Leaders please stand up.
I am still proud of what he was able to accomplish, even though most of the time congress tied his hands. If not, he would have done much more. He inherited this country in the ditch, and was able to get it somewhat turned around. The enormous 24/7 job it was and for him to come out on the other end with sanity, is astounding. Thank God for his dignified family who were a great example of the first family. I am hopeful that we will see this again in my lifetime.
You're proud of the hundreds of thousands of innocent people he killed with drone strikes or the part where he gave cartels armor pericing weapons or the part where he sent thousands of Americans to die in a country we should've never been in? I wish his hands weren't tied he could've killed more. 😂😂
Lord do I miss this man's rational mind, and simple way of speaking that conveys a large amount of information succinctly, yet thoroughly. Also his measure-headedness in a time when it seems like many people have taken leave of their emotional tethers
Almost every issue of debate since 1787 has been to some extent or another has had at least some aspect of race in the mix, including issues not apparent ie. Education, environment, women's rights since the beginning.
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I’m very republican but I can say he is speaking some facts. Even though there’s things I disagree with, it is very clear that he is very intelligent. There’s a general message he is trying to deliver that I have been thinking about myself for a while.
You miss a neocon, anti worker, corporate captured, wall steer tool, swamp politician? Is it that smooth voice? The gaslighting? 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣. Wake up people.
*Trump 2024 America First!* After Obama caused ISIS to become a terrorist organization, with President Trump's leadership and foreign policies, ISIS was taken out of power. After many years of U.S. leaders saying, they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, only Trump kept his promise and made it happen. President Trump got rid of NAFTA, which wasn't fair to the U.S., and created a more fair package called the USMCA trade agreement. President Trump secured the southern U.S. border, and very few illegals made it across before he left office. The Dems reversed that accomplishment. President Trump made the U.S. the #1 oil producer in the world before he left office. Biden reversed that in just a few months after taking office. President Trump had the U.S. petroleum reserves topped off before he left office. Biden gave away over half of it to other countries, including China. In Illinois, where I live, fuel prices were at $1.96 a gallon before Trump left office. Within months, Biden had the fuel prices up to $4.00 a gallon. With President Trump's leadership, more U.S. companies were coming back to the U.S., and the U.S. economy was humming on all cylinders. Anyone that wanted a job could find a job. There were record breaking jobs numbers for every ethnic group in the U.S.. Those are just some of the great accomplishments from our great leader... President Donald J. Trump!!
It's funny the only reason he became your President was because of race, also he didn't do anything for blacks did he... All politicians are liars they use racial differences to get your vote when it's the class system that's the real issue.
In all fairness, and I don't dispute the point that Barack is making. But the submariners story probably made bigger news due to the race againts time aspect of it. Not too dissimilar to the Thai boys trapped in the cave situation which made huge news.
Okay point taken … but think about it this way . 700 people died trying to have a better life vs 5 who went diving on a joy ride to the pass.. i think he was speaking in the equity of the moment and value of citizens.. what was spent in dive could have feed emigrants for years .. i think the inequality and cover value system thats missing
@davidryan7261 Beloved, you further prove his point about selective importance. Was it not also a matter of time when these over 700 souls went down in what was basically an abandoned ship. If immediate help had been extended would not the missing number be smaller or if at all? This is exactly his point that ideas of democracy such as your own is eroding daily. What if my family were on that ship? What if yours? Peace.
@@patricepaines2167 Absolutely agree. My point was merely people tend to rally, show huge interest, and go to great extents to save what can be saved. Be it men trapped in a mine, baby stuck in a well or pod of whales stuck on a beach. I'd like to think that under similar circumstances those 700 souls would have been afforded the same coverage and same effort.
@@peanut2us he murdered innocent women and children. He fostered the trans ideology that is tearing this country apart and he supported the terrorist in policing by funding and supporting them.. He used the patriot act more than George Bush, his buddy, did. He is a smooth bulllshitter who is no better than his successors!
@@peanut2us Because Obama was worthless. Loved to hear himself talk and accomplished nothing but racial divide. You sheep that loved hearing him talk are simpletons.
@@journeymansmitty8283 I know Washington can be weird but I would hardly call it another country. I was in Cali, the US was a clustercrap in race relations when Obama was president. Ferguson, Baltimore the Dallas BLM police assasination
*Trump 2024 America First!* After Obama caused ISIS to become a terrorist organization, with President Trump's leadership and foreign policies, ISIS was taken out of power. After many years of U.S. leaders saying, they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, only Trump kept his promise and made it happen. President Trump got rid of NAFTA, which wasn't fair to the U.S., and created a more fair package called the USMCA trade agreement. President Trump secured the southern U.S. border, and very few illegals made it across before he left office. The Dems reversed that accomplishment. President Trump made the U.S. the #1 oil producer in the world before he left office. Biden reversed that in just a few months after taking office. President Trump had the U.S. petroleum reserves topped off before he left office. Biden gave away over half of it to other countries, including China. In Illinois, where I live, fuel prices were at $1.96 a gallon before Trump left office. Within months, Biden had the fuel prices up to $4.00 a gallon. With President Trump's leadership, more U.S. companies were coming back to the U.S., and the U.S. economy was humming on all cylinders. Anyone that wanted a job could find a job. There were record breaking jobs numbers for every ethnic group in the U.S.. Those are just some of the great accomplishments from our great leader... President Donald J. Trump!
What did you expect him to accomplish with a Republican majority that was not willing to do what's best for the ppl but rather be focused on opposing anything he puts out just for the sake of opposing it.... bipartisanship is necessary to get anything done....out of his 2 terms he only had democratic control for a few months...
@@maichai13 What policy did he put forth to address race? The idea that he couldn't push things through is weak. The truth is that Obama was status quo. His goal was for his aggrandizement as opposed to what would be good for the nation and black people in particular. Typical politician.
When he first took office, he had to focus on rescuing the economy and the auto industry. He got a lot done. But then we had mid term election and then another main elections and in both, Republics took hold while he was still president. They blocked every single thing he tried to do and that it was fun to do so. They tried to break him. They wanted the world to think he was a horrible president. Even when he presented Republican policies, they blocked him. They said they would block him, even if their votes tank the economy. They blocked his judges. They blocked everything and treated him like trash. But he left with a high rating because most Americans still loved him.
Where in other places, other than America, do we have multi-race, multiethnic, multi-religious, multicultural, etc communities?! We are truly blessed! 🤔🫢🤨😛😊❤️
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -Joseph Biden
@@joelnielsen4836 The more people play the race victim card instead of just getting a job and creating a life then racism will continue. I see no racism in the South. One would think that Obama isn't half-white since he moans so much. race race race race race....
Excellent interview. Obama is full of wisdom and humanity, he is a realist and shines a light on those too dark corners of our society. I hope his voice will be heard much, much more as he is an asset, precious to society, social cohesion, justice, equality
