Obama Hints He May Speak Out Against Trump If ‘Necessary’

“President Bush could not have been more gracious to me when I came in”, Obama said of a man he harshly criticized before taking office.

Trump vowed to “formulate a rule which says that for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated”, repeating a proposal he made near the end of the election.

He said it became hard for moderate opposition forces to hold ground once Russian Federation and Iran chose to back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with an air campaign. “I really enjoyed him a lot”, Trump said in an interview with the New York Times.Obama, a Democrat, met with Trump at the Oval Office on November 10, two days after the presidential election.

In a video tweet Monday evening, Trump pledged to put America first, whether dealing with steel production or curing disease. Surely things like human rights and non-discrimination would get his attention. Such a plans already exist, so it’s not clear how Trump’s would differ.

It was an awkward trip for Obama, who campaigned against Trump as his successor but had to reassure USA allies on the future. The billionaire-turned-politician and now president-elect said that he had asked his transition team to chalk out a plan to restore laws and bring back jobs. “I can’t be sure of anything”, Obama said.

Details of Trump’s proposed alternative to the Affordable Care Act have yet to be seen, and following his meeting with President Obama, Trump appears open to keeping much of the healthcare plan. The early indicators have, of course, not been good with Trump’s appointments.

Media captionWho is Steve Bannon? Jeff Sessions as attorney general (the guy who says grabbing genitals is not sexual assault).

But he cautioned that if the Trump administration begins to attack American values, he might be compelled to speak up, and so would the Democratic Party.

The statement was an indication of Obama’s role as so-called “Calmer-in-Chief” at this worldwide summit, seeking to reassure leaders from around the globe about the transition to his successor, Donald Trump.

The President also reiterated that while he “can’t guarantee” that President-elect Trump won’t pursue some of the positions he’s taken on the campaign trail, the President said reality would “force” President-elect Trump to “adjust” how he approaches those issues in office. That would be great.

In his wide-ranging speech, Mr Obama was also eager to stress the US’s global responsibilities, describing it as an “indispensable nation in our world order”.