President Obama used his final weekly address in 2016 to make it plainer than ever that he won't retire quietly once Donald Trump is sworn in as president. When Obama expected, and most polls indicated, that Hillary Clinton was going to win the White House, the president suggested that he looked forward to a quiet retirement. But now he says his plans have changed.
"I promise you that next year Michelle and I are going to be right there with you, and the clouds are going to start parting and the sun is going to come back out, and we're going to be busy, involved in the amazing stuff that we've been doing all these years before," He claimed.
The Saturday address was a dogged defense of what has been done for or to America since Obama was first sworn into office in January, 2009. He said income is rising, poverty falling and the auto industry is "resurgent." Turning to diplomacy, Obama said, "We shut down Iran's nuclear weapons program, opened up a new chapter with the people of Cuba, and brought nearly 200 nations together around a climate agreement that could save this planet for our kids."
He also claimed that "almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected than it was eight years ago." Tragically, he seems convinced that he has some sort of relevance when in fact nobody much cares about that walking, golfing, talking political corpse or his wife, Mooch. Reality is something he's never been in touch with. The damage that he has done to our country - and to his own political party - will take years to recover from, but he sees it as a Good Thing.
