The sitting president didn’t name the Republican front-runner in his State of the Union,but Donald Trump and his politics were front and middle on TuesdayThe one person who can stand up to Donald Trump isn’t Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton – or even Ted Cruz. It’s President Barack Obama.
In his final State of the Union on Tuesday, Obama didn’t settle for running down a list of accomplishments or even outlining what policies he’d like to see enacted in the coming year. Instead he set his sights on the future of America, and by focusing in part on who might be elected in November. But rather than coming out as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat,Obama defined himself more abstractly as against fear. It’s a intelligent move, implicating both Donald Trump and to a lesser extent Ted Cruz, and who’ve in recent weeks capitalized on the politics of fear – both Americans’ economic anxieties and xenophobia – to drive their campaign messages domestic.
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Source: theguardian.com