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Barack Obama says that Trump’s rise was the racist reaction to having a “black man in the White House” in his upcoming memoirs.
The book entitled A Promised Land is published on November 17 and describes his political career and personal life.
In it he reflects on his rise to the presidency and how it affected race relations in the country.
According to CNN, which obtained a copy of the book, he wrote: “It was as if my very presence in the White House had caused a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted.
“What exactly is Donald trump I understood when he started selling claims that I was not born in America and therefore was an illegitimate president.
Trump spread a conspiracy theory that Obama was not born in America.
“For millions of Americans frightened by a black man in the White House, he promised them an elixir for their racial anxiety.”
The conspiracy theory Mr Obama Born outside of the United States and therefore ineligible to run for the White House, he started in 2008.
However, it was popularized by Donald Trump in 2011 when he asked to see her birth certificate.
He continued to sell the theory on Twitter in the following years.
On Thursday, Obama tweeted: “More than anyone else, I wrote my book for young people, as an invitation to remake the world once again and to achieve, through hard work, determination and a great deal of imagination, an America that will finally aligns itself with all that is best in us. “
In excerpts shared with The Atlantic, Obama reflects on the state of democracy in America.
He writes: “Our democracy seems to be on the brink of crisis … But I also know that no single election will solve the matter.
“Our divisions are deep; our challenges are daunting.”
He added: “I have lasting confidence in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, in their character and ability to do the right thing.”
The 768-page book follows Becoming, the successful memoir of his wife and former first lady Michelle Obama, published in 2018. As of 2019, it had sold 10 million copies.
