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(8,155 posts) Thu May 25, 2017, 07:06 PM May 2017

Obama's opinion seems to be gaining traction in the news... [View all]

I'm wondering how possible of a scenario it is that he breaks with tradition and becomes a sort of surrogate voice for the American people as Trump's administration falls to pieces. Do you guys think that's possible? What kind of outcome would that produce?

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I do think it's possible Phoenix61 May 2017 #1

When he was president and the single most respected human being on the planet Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #2

I don't think he wanted to, but now that the country is Alice11111 May 2017 #3

Maybe he is BumRushDaShow May 2017 #4

WWOD GulfCoast66 May 2017 #5

I have often wondered about the conversations he must be having with world leaders behind the Amaryllis May 2017 #6

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