Obama: Trump's importance overrated

Former US President Barack Obama has no consideration for Donald Trump's political heritage. The importance of his successor has been overrated, 59-year-old said in an interview for German television ZDF. For example, Trump failed to dismantle, as he stated, improved access to the health insurance drafted and applied by the Democrats. And as for climate protection policy, new President Joe Biden will soon be able to return it to the previous rails by reuniting the Paris climate agreement.

Social Conflicts and Financial Crisis

Regarding the force of the Trump-led conservative camp and its impact, Obama said Trump was not eventually re-elected to the post of president, unlike him, who won a second term in 2012. The victory of elections from Trump in 2016 was due to old social conflicts in the US on the one hand, but also due to the 2008-09 financial crisis, Obama said. The deterioration of the economic situation back then caused instability and concern among people. Many people were afraid that the crisis could have consequences for those in person, reports DW.

In such situations politics often rely on strong people to rely on power. In addition, right - wing social media have been added that work in combination with television channels like Fox News. These fed people with “completely disconnected from reality”, Obama criticised. If you feed people with lies, deviations, conspiracy theories and if politicians try to exploit it for their own ends, then in time, social trust can be shattered and all can lead to tragedy. Like the ones we saw here in the Capitol”.

Capitolium tragedy

On January 6th, hundreds of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol in the U.S. capital, where unprecedented violence occurred, while Trump is seen as an inciting of violence. There were also victims during the protest.

Immediately after the attack on the Capitol, Obama spoke of a “ment of great dishonesty” and of a “turp for our nation”. He held Donald Trump responsible for these riots. A president who promotes lies for no reason regarding the outcome of legal elections has sparked violence.

No comparison with “Black Livings Matter”

In the context of the attack on Capitol Obama, the order authorities were very unprepared compared to the peaceful Black-Lives-Matter protests, when they reacted “cautiously and were better prepared”. Some observers agree that police have been much easier against the mainly white protesters in the Capitol.

Black Lives Mather is a movement founded in the United States and already popular in many countries of the world that opposes police brutality and engages in racism. This movement was founded in 2013 in response to the release of a man who shot and killed 17-year-old African Trayvo Martin, a year ago. In 2020, after the death of African George Floyd, during a brutal police operation in Minneapolis, the movement spread not only to the United States, but to many other countries as well.