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After the elections, America is more divided than ever. Former President Barack Obama is sorry too. “Markus Lanz” asked the Democrat in Washington about the current situation and his time in the White House.
When Barack Obama took office as America’s most powerful man in 2009, there was a lot to do. The world was in the middle of a devastating financial crisis and war was raging in Afghanistan and Iraq. In an interview with ZDF host Markus Lanz in Washington, the former US President gave a glimpse of his time in the Oval Office and also spoke about what he hopes for the term of newly elected President Joe Biden.
“The first day in the Oval Office you realize that all the news in the newspaper and on television, all the problems in the world now are your own problems,” Obama told Lanz, referring to what awaits Democrat Biden. . “You have to deal with that first.”
Obama: Hope for a “More Responsive America”
He is not surprised that the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, does not accept his election with dignity. The election of Biden and his vice president Kamala Harris makes the politician hopeful: “Now we have the opportunity for a more sensitive and sensitive America,” Obama said in an interview.
The deep division in society would not disappear if Trump were ousted from office. Still, Obama showed confidence that the idea of an inclusive America would ultimately win. Obama also sees the dawn of a new era in American foreign policy. He is convinced that Biden will repair the transatlantic relationship.
Biden, who was declared the winner of the November 3 election, will be sworn in as president on January 20. Incumbent Donald Trump has yet to admit defeat. He speaks of massive electoral fraud and has filed a series of lawsuits. Election authorities and experts strongly disagree, emphasizing that Biden legitimately won the election.
Obama was concerned about security precautions
During his time as president, he himself struggled with the “security bubble” and celebrity status. Even as a presidential candidate, there were many threats against him. That didn’t change afterwards either: “I always thought that once I stopped being president, everything would be the same as before.”
In his own words, Obama found the decisions he had to make about the war and the fight against terrorism particularly difficult.
The first volume of the memoirs of the former US president on his management in the White House will appear next Tuesday in 768 pages. Titled “A Promised Land,” Obama takes a critical look at developments in US politics since 2008. At the same time, the German translation appears under the title “A Promised Land.”
