It's been an interesting week in the world of US politics and while Barack Obama has hardly been quiet throughout the campaign, many are claiming that he has just shut down Trump with his brutal put down yet.
Keep scrolling to see what he had to say.
Barack Obama has recently ripped into Donald Trump.
And many are calling it his most brutal put down yet.But Obama has been calling out Trump a lot recently.
And he really hasn't held back.And many of his interviews have caused a stir.
Just hours before calling Trump out for refusing to congratulate Biden, Obama caused a stir online for claiming Trump's 'election fraud' claims were phony. And it caused a giant reaction from both sides online.Trump has been claiming there's evidence of election fraud for over a week now...
As you will all be aware, the president suffered a colossal loss to his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, for this year's presidential elections.Of course, Trump has been doing everything in his power to challenge the result...
The evidence has shown that he has resorted to downright denying the election and its results.It seems as though Trump was clearly feeling the heat throughout the entire election...
He also called for a recount in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania...
But, regardless of his many threats, the results were in after 4 long days of ballot counting.
Shortly after his victory, Biden Tweeted this:
America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I p… https://t.co/iUORklENs0— Joe Biden (@Joe Biden)1604767962.0
Democrats all over the country quickly rejoiced at the news of Biden's historic win...
We just learned that Joe Biden has been elected 46th President of the United States, New York can’t stop cheering.… https://t.co/8mPwgcn0tx— Quentin A. Alexandre (@Quentin A. Alexandre)1604767345.0
However, Trump's reaction to Biden's win has been nothing short of outrageous.
His first response to Biden's win was to release a lengthy and damning statement...
The statement then went on to explain how legal proceedings will begin immediately.
And the frenzied Twitter rants were quick to follow.
In his rage, Trump took to the social media platform to dispute the result further, insisting that he was the one to have won.He tried to take some small victory from the situation...
And proudly Tweeted that he received a record-breaking number of votes. Whatever helps you sleep at night, Don.However, more damning accusations were quick to follow...
Trump seems set on the idea that Biden and his team rigged the entire election to play out in their favor, and made strong hints that something happened in the counting rooms that had "never happened before."A lot of people aren't happy with Trump's reaction.
Trump's flexibility has never been his forte. 🤔 #TrumpSoreLoser #TrumpMeltdown https://t.co/jGtBgLKYv5— Laure Om (@Laure Om)1604933547.0
It's been over a week.
Well, it seems only 3% of Americans that took a recent poll would back him up on that.
Reuters and Ipsos recently conducted a study in which they found out some pretty interesting facts and people have had mixed opinions, to say the least!So, according to the people they surveyed, only 3% of them think that Donald Trump won the election...
While a whopping eighty percent of people who took part believe Biden won.But here's the weirdest part:
The results actually found a split between Republicans and Democrats, with approximately 6 in 10 Republicans seeing Biden as the winner, compared to almost every single Democrat seeing Biden as the new president.The poll also asked the question: Should Trump "concede defeat?"
In which seventy-two percent of the 1,363 US adults that took part answered "yes."And you know who else is backing that idea? Barack Obama, of course.
The former president decided to speak out on the current issue of "voter fraud" during an interview with 60 Minutes in which he told Scott Pelley that he's deeply troubled by Republicans that believe Trump."They appear to be motivated, in part, because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss," he said.
He emphasized that it was concerning that they would go along with his unfounded claims of election fraud, putting democracy on a "dangerous path."Here's exactly what he said:
"I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally. And that's a dangerous path."You can watch the full clip here:
For more updates on the election, keep scrolling...Shortly after, Obama did another interview.
I can't stop thinking about how, as soon as the writing was on the wall, Hilary called Trump to concede. And then O… https://t.co/27Z2NdttFz— Travis Rieder (@Travis Rieder)1605209028.0
He made the comments in an interview with CBS.
Speaking on CBS This Morning, Obama reminded viewers that he had congratulated Trump as soon as he won the election.And that Bush congratulated Obama in the same manner too.
Obama to CBS: "When Donald Trump won, I stayed up until 2:30 in the morning and I then called Donald Trump to congr… https://t.co/x293iT3HmV— Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin)1605284716.0
Specifically he said:
In 2016, Trump won Michigan by 11,837 votes. Clinton conceded the next day and told her supporters to give Trump “a… https://t.co/010s8QE3dL— David Slack (@David Slack)1604991631.0
When Donald Trump won, I stayed up until 2:30 in the morning and I then called Donald Trump to congratulate him. His margin of victory over Hillary Clinton wasn't greater than Joe Biden's margin over him. But if you are listening to some of the talk radio that Trump voters are listening to, if you're watching Fox News, if you're getting these tweets, those allegations are presented as facts. So you've got millions of people out there who think, 'Oh yeah, there must be cheating because the president said so.'
Check it out below.
Just seconds later in the interview, CBS News' Gayle King referred to John McCain calling Obama to congratulate him, as well as Bush inviting him to the White House - to which Obama responded: "They couldn't have been more courteous." She then went onto refer to Obama inviting Trump to the White House and saying that he hopes Trump succeeds in his presidency. But so far, Trump has not said the same...And now?
Barack Obama "I felt it was important, as someone who occupied that office, to let people know that this is not normal"— Mask Wearer for Truth (@Mask Wearer for Truth)1605449895.0
Well Obama claimed that he did not want to be a part of the campaign trail.
"This is not normal." Former President @BarackObama tells @Gayleking he felt it was important to draw from his exp… https://t.co/ROpLYw2NQB— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBS Sunday Morning 🌞)1605455296.0
I think we were in a circumstance in this election in which certain norms, certain institutional values that are so extraordinarily important, had been breached – that it was important for me, as somebody who had served in that office, to simply let people know, 'This is not normal.'
It's very hard for our democracy to function if we are operating on just completely different sets of facts.Wow.