Obama Bids Farewell With An Indirect Warning Of Trump’s Threat To Democracy

WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a rallying cry to preserve and protect U.S. demokrasie, urging Americans to remain “vigilant, but not afraid” and to reject complacency and fear.

Obama had billed his farewell address ― his final public speech as president ― as a path forward under President-elect Donald Trump. While the speech contained the kind of soaring and optimistic rhetoric that has characterized Obama’s political career, it also included warnings that...Lees meer