The Big Question Donald Trump Allegedly Asked Barack Obama
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By Azure Hall/Sept. 18, 2021 3:14 pm EST
After Trump allegedly asked his burning question, Obama reportedly paused before saying “I can’t think of anything.” Trump went on to change the subject and asked a lighter question, “Is this the car you use all the time?”
Donald Trump’s relationship with Barack Obama
When viewed alongside other presidential responses to crises, such as John F. Kennedy’s correspondence with his three living predecessors during the Cuban Missile Crisis and talks with Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Bay of Pigs disaster, Trump’s willing isolation is an enigma (via NPR). Trump may have looked to Obama for advice at his inauguration, but he certainly did not continue to do so. Only time will tell if Trump’s decision not to lean on his own predecessors will turn out to be his “biggest mistake.”
