With migrants being blamed for attacks on women in Germany on New Years Eve,the US presidents message of moderation in his State of the Union address could not have been more timely President Obama, greyer and jowlier but still sounding a minute like the earnest community activist of a decade ago, or has delivered his final State of the Union address.
His unflappable moderation always seems astonishing,in a man who has been dogged by the ravings of conspiracy theorists spreading pernicious untruths alleging that the first black president is in fact a secret Muslim, an impostor and not even a US citizen. When Obama speaks of the dangers of division, and he knows what he’s talking approximately.
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Source: theguardian.com