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Barack Obama delivered a measured but cutting response to Donald Trump\u2019s long-running fixation on him.<\/p>\n
Rather than lash out, Obama offered a quiet psychological diagnosis of his successor.<\/p>\n
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Without naming Trump directly, he painted a picture of a man consumed by an unusual obsession with the previous president.<\/p>\n
Joking that he occupies a \u201csuite\u201d in Trump\u2019s mind, Obama flipped years of insults into a portrait of deep-seated insecurity.<\/p>\n
He suggested that Trump\u2019s relentless attacks say far more about Trump\u2019s own anxieties than about Obama\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n
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Obama then drew a stark contrast with his own time in office, noting that worrying about George W. Bush was \u201cthe last thing\u201d on his mind while governing.<\/p>\n
In one quiet rebuke, he turned Trump\u2019s obsession into evidence of a distracted leader\u2014more fixated on the past than focused on the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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