In a parting shot near the end of his depressing, center-right
presidency, Barack Obama wants the world to know that he would have
defeated Donald Trump if the U.S. Constitution didn’t prevent him from
running for a third term. It was a stab at Hillary Clinton as well as
the president-elect.
I suspect Obama is right. Like Bill Clinton, Obama is a much better
fake-progressive, populism-manipulating campaigner than Hillary. Also
like Bill, he has more outward charm, wit, charisma, and common touch
than Mrs. Clinton. Plus, he’s a male in a still-sexist nation, and he
would have had some very sharp election strategists on his side.
