It is a long-distance feud, which was transmitted on
social media and over the airwaves, that now is devolved beyond a little
political spat.
For President Trump and predecessor, Barack Obama,
this animosity which began years ago never has waned, except for a
one-month-long span within the presidential transition.
Presently, the former and current president are
carrying out one of the nastiest public disputes in modern-day presidential
history, one which started on very personal terms and which currently plays out
almost every time Donald finds a policy he doesn’t like or perceived double
standard.
This acrimony is mostly one-sided; while Barack hasn’t
made a direct assault upon Trump's character since the presidential campaign
ended, Trump steadily has boosted his criticism of Obama.
This past week, it was the prior administration's
reply to Russian election hacking which drew Trump's ire. The previous week, it
was his health care law. Since the last time they talked on Inauguration Day,
Donald lit into Obama over his dealing with the N. Korean hostages, his choice
to get involved in the Paris climate accord, as well as his policy in regard to
Cuba.
Then there is his baseless charge that Barack ordered
wiretapping at the Trump Tower, an accusation he never explained and which he
hasn’t yet retracted.
According to Trump, Obama was nice to him, yet after
that, they have had some difficulties. He added, therefore, it does not matter.
Words are less critical to him than deeds. ‘All of you saw what occurred with
surveillance.’
As a matter of fact, few individuals saw what occurred,
at least in the way that Trump explained it. The charge, which sources state
irritated the previous president, was the minute it became crystal clear to the
ones in both Obama and Trump’s spheres that any functional relationship -- that
past presidents long have cherished with each other – wasn’t in the offing.
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