By Andrew Malcolm
Donald Trump will give his closely-watched Inaugural address this week. It will be a great one. Trust him. Fantastic even. Possibly beyond belief. Because he’s a great speech-giver. Everyone knows that. He does too.
But before then, Barack Obama – remember him? – gave a farewell address to Americans, many of whom have stopped paying attention to a lame duck and all his goodbyes.
Political columnist Andrew Malcolm
The president’s 51-minute, nationally televised address from Chicago was his 3,575 set of remarks, according to CBS’ Mark Knoller, unofficial White House stat-keeper. Obama’s speech, however, drew a TV audience considerably smaller than one that watched an obscure NFL playoff game two days before.
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