Obama's Defining Attack on Trump and Trumpism - The New Yorker
By June 14, 2016 In his speech today, about terrorism, immigration, and Donald Trump, President Obama looked as ticked off and impassioned as we've ever seen him. Credit Photograph by Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool / Getty This morning, I took a mental-health break from coverage of the attack that took place in Orlando over the weekend. But, at lunchtime, when I turned on NY1 to check the local news, there was President Obama, looking as ticked off and impassioned as we've ever seen him. Gone were the lofty detachment and professorial tone that sometimes characterize his oration. In their place were flashing eyes, hand gestures, and a tone that varied from urgency to anger. Speaking for about twenty-five minutes, Obama delivered a ringing defense of his approach to terrorism and a stinging denouncement of Donald Trump and all that he stands for. Whether Obama intended to deliver such a consequential address, I'm not entirely sure. At times, he appeared to be ad-libbing. But his remarks ,Read full article from Obama's Defining Attack on Trump and Trumpism - The New Yorker
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