Politico: Obama briefly upstages Trump with short post-inauguration speech
Just over an hour after Donald Trump’s swearing-in, former President Barack Obama briefly upstaged his successor with a speech thanking his supporters and extolling his own political accomplishments.
In his first public remarks post-presidency early Friday afternoon, Obama gave a short speech at Joint Base Andrews, in which he recalled his successful campaigns for the Senate and the presidency, as well as his work in office.
As Obama was talking, Trump began signing orders back in Washington, and cable news networks initially carried video of both events with split screens before dropping away from Obama and fully onto the new president.
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WNU Editor: Form what I was watching (CTV News in Canada) you can tell that the news producers wanted to focus only on President Obama .... and they certainly did not want to go back and televise what President Trump was doing. I mentioned a day or two ago that it is probably going to be hard for President Obama to adjust to civilian life .... I would now add that it is going to be even harder for the media when they realise that he is no longer there.
