Tag: Obama
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Obama cautions leaders to think before tweeting
Former US president Barack Obama said Friday that social media powers like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are leading to “snap judgement to complex issues” and warned leaders to think before tweeting. Obama was repeatedly asked about his successor, President Donald Trump, at a New Delhi symposium, but stuck to a general warning to all high-profile…
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DACA thrash: Obama blasts Trump, says ‘your decision is wrong, cruel and self-defeating’
…lobbies congress to resist Trump’s move Immediate past President of the United States, Barack Obama on Tuesday lambasted his successor, President Donald Trump for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the DACA programme, introduced by the Obama administration in 2012 currently grants amnesty to over 800,000 people brought to…
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Trump scraps Obama’s undocumented immigrants’ scheme
A Barack Obama-era scheme to protect young undocumented immigrants is being scrapped, United States Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has announced. The government said no first-time applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme would be acted on after Tuesday. However, existing recipients will not be affected for at least six months, the BBC…
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2015 elections: Why Obama turned against Jonathan – Reno Omokri
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has explained why former President of the United States America, USA, Barrack Obama pitched his tent against the former Nigerian leader in the 2015 presidential elections. According to him, Jonathan’s anti-homosexuality stance which was demonstrated through his signing of the Same Sex Prohibition Bill of 2013 into…
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Obama sponsoring protests against my presidency – Trump
President Trump has been dismissing the protests against his presidency and demonstrations at congressional town hall meetings across the country as concocted by his political enemies. But now he has an alleged culprit: Barack Obama. In an interview Monday with Fox News Channel, Trump said that he believes his predecessor is helping to organize the…
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Obama backs protests against Trump’s Refugee Order
Breaking his silence only 10 days after he left office, former President Barack Obama has backed nationwide protests against President Donald Trump’s Refugee Order on Monday. In a strongly worded statement issued through a spokesman, Kevin Lewis and reported by networks, Obama said he was “heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities…
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[Video]:What Obama will do after he leaves the White House
It is no longer news that the Barack Obama presidential tenure is over. In this video, the 55 year-old former U. S President reveals his plans to start work on his presidential library, write a book and start a foundation. Watch the video below
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Obama: “I think we’re going to be OK”
U.S. President Barack Obama reflected Wednesday on eight years in office and expressed optimism for the future of the United States, closing his last remarks to the press by declaring, “At my core, I think we’re going to be OK.” In his final press conference before Donald Trump is inaugurated as president on Friday, Obama…
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Thousands attend U.S. rallies to support ObamaCare
Thousands of people endured freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan where Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Americans to resist Republicans efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, ObamaCare. The Michigan rally was one of a number of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition to Republicans efforts to repeal the…