How Obama not so subtly undercuts Trump
Obama’s calculated but opaque opposition to Trump was on full display in Berlin.
By Edward-Isaac Dovere
05/25/2017 09:44 AM EDT
Updated 05/25/2017 10:09 AM EDT
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When they realized former President Barack Obama was going to be in Berlin the same day President Donald Trump was going to be in Brussels, Angela Merkel was the one who called the White House to break the news.
The German chancellor invited Obama to the event in front of the Brandenburg Gate last year, before the election. Officially part of a multi-day gathering sponsored by the Protestant church in Germany, focused on youth and highlighting an exchange program between Berlin and Chicago, it was really about letting Obama boost his friend ahead of her fall reelection campaign and begin the international phase of his own post-presidency.
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