President Obama: ‘Mr. Trump Is Not Succeeding Me’

President Barack Obama talks to students as he leaves after his speech to students and faculty at the University of Chicago Law School, where he taught constitutional law for over a decade in Chicago, Thursday, April... President Barack Obama talks to students as he leaves after his speech to students and faculty at the University of Chicago Law School, where he taught constitutional law for over a decade in Chicago, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Obama discussed his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, and continued to call on the Senate to give him a fair hearing and and up or down vote. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) MORE LESS
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President Barack Obama said Thursday that Trump was not “succeeding” him when he addressed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser, according to a transcript of his remarks released a day later.

Obama said that Democrats, unlike their Republican counterparts have gotten things accomplished.

“And that’s why this election is so important. And I recognize that there is a deep obsession right now about Mr. Trump,” Obama said. “And one of you pulled me aside and squeezed me hard and said, tell me that Mr. Trump is not succeeding you. And I said, ‘Mr. Trump is not succeeding me.'”

Obama went on to say that both Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have done a “service” to reveal the “nonsense” of the current Congress.

“People act as if these folks are outliers. But they’re not. Listen to talk radio, watch their interviews. Look at how they operate in town halls. They’re saying stuff that’s just as wacky as what we’re hearing out of the presidential candidates,” Obama continued. “It’s just nobody was paying attention. And so we should thank Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz for just being honest.”

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  1. I’m going to miss Obama. This year is a good case for getting rid of presidential term limits. It seems crazy to arbitrarily force a great leader to step aside.

  2. Avatar for tena tena says:

    Right again, Mr. President. Hillary Clinton is going to succeed you as president.

    But damn I will miss you and Michelle and your daughters. Best first family ever.

  3. I love him and that is a mighty fine picture of this President. I sure miss him already.

  4. Unfortunately, if a republican ever gets in the WH again, one could make that same argument It’s great when you have an Obama presidency but not so much if a GOPer is in office. They haven’t had a president in office that I would have wanted to serve a third term -perhaps not since Ike who was a nice guy but not much of a president

  5. Muslim socialist tyrant!

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