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As usual, Obama is rude and condescending...this from the most corrupt, dishonest, and divisive POTUS we have ever had to endure....but Lefties think he is wonderful.
Barack Obama delivered a series of patronizing backhanded compliments to President-Elect Donald Trump on Monday during a lengthy White House press conference conducted before his final trip abroad as America's leader.
While he praised Trump for pulling off 'one of the biggest political upsets in history,' Obama scolded his Republican successor for believing he can deliver on his campaign promises.
'I think that he successfully mobilized a big chunk of the country to vote for him,' Obama told reporters.
But 'regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up.'
'And those aspects of his positions or predispositions that don't match up with reality, he will find shaken up pretty quick. Because reality has a way of asserting itself.'
President Barack Obama on Monday dismissed the idea that President-Elect Donald Trump can accomplish what he set out to when he moves into the White House in January
'I also think that he is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents might be arriving with.'
Trump beat Hillary Clinton decisively by vowing to repeal and replace government-controlled medical insurance, upend eight years of foreign policy and dismantle corrupt revolving doors between government and the lobbying class.
Obama suggested it was all an act, and seemed to admonish Trump not to trust his own instincts in the Oval Office.
'I don't think he is ideological,' the president said. 'I think ultimately he's pragmatic in that way. And that can serve him well as long as he's got good people around him and he has a clear sense of direction.'
He also implied that Trump's forceful attitude could get him in trouble quickly
The president said that while he still has 'concerns' about turning the White House over to a brash Republican who attacked him vigorously for more than 16 months, two factors are likely to slow Trump down.
One is the lethargy and intransigence of Washington itself – even though Trump will inherit a Congress run completely by the GOP.
Read more: Barack Obama warns Donald Trump's 'temperament' will be his doom | Daily Mail Online
Barack Obama delivered a series of patronizing backhanded compliments to President-Elect Donald Trump on Monday during a lengthy White House press conference conducted before his final trip abroad as America's leader.
While he praised Trump for pulling off 'one of the biggest political upsets in history,' Obama scolded his Republican successor for believing he can deliver on his campaign promises.
'I think that he successfully mobilized a big chunk of the country to vote for him,' Obama told reporters.
But 'regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up.'
'And those aspects of his positions or predispositions that don't match up with reality, he will find shaken up pretty quick. Because reality has a way of asserting itself.'
President Barack Obama on Monday dismissed the idea that President-Elect Donald Trump can accomplish what he set out to when he moves into the White House in January
'I also think that he is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents might be arriving with.'
Trump beat Hillary Clinton decisively by vowing to repeal and replace government-controlled medical insurance, upend eight years of foreign policy and dismantle corrupt revolving doors between government and the lobbying class.
Obama suggested it was all an act, and seemed to admonish Trump not to trust his own instincts in the Oval Office.
'I don't think he is ideological,' the president said. 'I think ultimately he's pragmatic in that way. And that can serve him well as long as he's got good people around him and he has a clear sense of direction.'
He also implied that Trump's forceful attitude could get him in trouble quickly
The president said that while he still has 'concerns' about turning the White House over to a brash Republican who attacked him vigorously for more than 16 months, two factors are likely to slow Trump down.
One is the lethargy and intransigence of Washington itself – even though Trump will inherit a Congress run completely by the GOP.
Read more: Barack Obama warns Donald Trump's 'temperament' will be his doom | Daily Mail Online