Barack Obama

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The MeidasTouch Podcast · Obama Issues New Warning About Trump at a Critical Moment · 20 Jun 2026 podcast

I used to tell my staff, you run elections and get elected.

But the end point is, are you delivering something to make the lives of folks a little bit better who sent you?

And those letters reminded me of that.

Some of my favorite letters were from Republicans who would say, I didn't vote for you.

I don't agree with anything you're doing.

But you seem like a good dad.

And I appreciate that.

And what that video that you just showed me,

speaks to I I hope when people come here they're not just fixated on some speech I'm given not just fixated on Michelle's dresses more than anything as you've seen in these exhibits you'll hear the voices of the American people and that I think will give you encouragement that makes you feel that the

The idea of America as a multiracial, multiethnic, multireligious, raucous, noisy democracy, that that can work.

I think their voices are what makes you feel confident in the future.

But I really am hoping that it's less an act of nostalgia

and that it's more an inspiration for us moving forward.

To get a sense of, all right, this was a small chapter in America's ongoing journey to perfect its union.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire, and I'm hopeful that it holds.

But in terms of what was the original rationale for this war, which was there was a deal in place in which Iran had agreed not to develop nuclear weapons.

This administration or a prior version of this administration pulled out of it.

which caused then Iran to develop more nuclear capacity.

We've now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, put enormous strain on our military.

A lot of people have died.

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