Axios: “Former President Obama told CBS’ ‘Sunday Morning’ that he often does not take President Trump ‘personally or seriously.’ In his first television interview since the 2020 presidential election, Obama responded to Trump’s claim that he has ‘done more for the African American community than any president since Abraham Lincoln.'”
“‘I think it’s fair to say that there are many things he says that I do not take personally or seriously — although I think they can often be destructive and harmful,’ Obama said. Obama said it ‘has been disappointing’ to see few Republicans stand up to Trump as he refuses to concede the election he lost to President-elect Biden. ‘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.””