| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Obama appears to rebuke Trump in Mandela lecture | Former President Obama on Tuesday appeared to offer a wide-ranging rebuke of President Trump, saying that “those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning."
Obama, delivering the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, warned that “strongman politics are ascending suddenly, whereby elections, some pretense of democracy, are maintained, the form of it.”
He referenced “strange and uncertain” times, saying that “each day’s news cycle is bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines.” | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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