Obama's says Trump is not a friend of the poor and working people - Make no mistake

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President Obama also addressed benefits of immigration and working through racial divide.
By Sheryl Estrada
President Barack Obama on Wednesday night called out Trump on his indifference to working people, diversity, inclusion and equality — key areas the president said are critical to advancing America.
During the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Obama brought up Trump’s track record in business, which he said does not support America’s workers.
“I know plenty of business men and women who’ve achieved remarkable success without leaving a trail of lawsuits and unpaid workers,” he said.
“Does anyone really believe that a guy who spent 70 years on this Earth showing no regard for working people is suddenly going to be your champion?”

Obama also weighed in on the current discourse regarding support for both the Black Lives Matter movement and law enforcement, taking the tone that they are not mutually exclusive, but in fact share commonalities.
“We can work through racial divides in this country when we realize the worry Black parents feel when their son leaves the house isn’t so different than what a brave cop’s family feels when he puts on the blue and goes to work; that we can honor police and treat every community fairly,” he said.
‘We are stronger together’
Obama further reiterated that in order for the country to be more successful and stronger, it must truly embrace inclusion.
“I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together — Black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young and old; gay, straight, men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance, under the same proud flag, to this big, bold country that we love.”
‘The American Dream is something no wall will ever contain’
“We can insist on a lawful and orderly immigration system while still seeing striving students and their toiling parents as loving families, not criminals or rapists; families that came here for the same reasons our forebears came — to work, and study, and make a better life, in a place where we can talk and worship and love as we please. [Hillary] knows their dream is quintessentially American, and the American Dream is something no wall will ever contain.”
American Values Are Not ‘Reserved for One Race’
Obama said American values were “passed down to a half-Kenyan grandson, or a half-Asian granddaughter; in fact, they were the same values Michelle’s parents, the descendants of slaves, taught their own kids living in a bungalow on the South Side of Chicago.
“What makes us American, what makes us patriots, is what’s in here [pointing to his chest]. That’s what matters. That’s why we can take the food and music and holidays and styles of other countries, and blend it into something uniquely our own. That’s why we can attract strivers and entrepreneurs from around the globe to build new factories and create new industries here.
“That’s why our military can look the way it does, every shade of humanity, forged into common service. That’s why anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end.”

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Published July 20, 2016In the wake of the tragedies in Dallas and Baton Rouge, President Obama penned a letter to the men and women of America’s law enforcement community. The President’s letter was shared with officers around the country.

To the brave members of our Nation’s law enforcement community:

Every day, you confront danger so it does not find our families, carry burdens so they do not fall to us, and courageously meet test after test to keep us safe.  Like Dallas officer Lorne Ahrens, who bought dinner for a homeless man the night before he died, you perform good deeds beyond the call of duty and out of the spotlight.  Time and again, you make the split-second decisions that could mean life or death for you and many others in harm’s way.  You endure the tense minutes and long hours over lifetimes of service.

Every day, you accept this responsibility and you see your colleagues do their difficult, dangerous jobs with equal valor.  I want you to know that the American people see it, too.  We recognize it, we respect it, we appreciate it, and we depend on you.  And just as your tight-knit law enforcement family feels the recent losses to your core, our Nation grieves alongside you.  Any attack on police is an unjustified attack on all of us.

I’ve spent a lot of time with law enforcement over the past couple of weeks.  I know that you take each of these tragedies personally, and that each is as devastating as a loss in the family.  Sunday’s shooting in Baton Rouge was no different.  Together, we mourn Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald, and Brad Garafola.  Each was a husband.  Each was a father.  Each was a proud member of his community.  And each fallen officer is one too many.  Last week, I met with the families of the Dallas officers who were killed, and I called the families of those who were killed in the line of duty yesterday in Baton Rouge.  I let them know how deeply we ache for the loss of their loved ones.

Some are trying to use this moment to divide police and the communities you serve.  I reject those efforts, for they do not reflect the reality of our Nation.  Officer Jackson knew this too, when just days ago he asked us to keep hatred from our hearts.  Instead, he offered—to protestors and fellow police officers alike—a hug to anyone who saw him on the street.  He offered himself as a fellow worshipper to anyone who sought to pray.  Today, we offer our comfort and our prayers to his family, to the Geralds and the Garafolas, and to the tight-knit Baton Rouge law enforcement community.

As you continue to serve us in this tumultuous hour, we again recognize that we can no longer ask you to solve issues we refuse to address as a society.  We should give you the resources you need to do your job, including our full-throated support.  We must give you the tools you need to build and strengthen the bonds of trust with those you serve, and our best efforts to address the underlying challenges that contribute to crime and unrest.

As you continue to defend us with quiet dignity, we proclaim loudly our appreciation for the acts of service you perform as part of your daily routine.  When you see civilians at risk, you don’t see them as strangers.  You see them as your own family, and you lay your life on the line for them.  You put others’ safety before your own, and you remind us that loving our country means loving one another.  Even when some protest you, you protect them.  What is more professional than that?  What is more patriotic?  What is a prouder example of our most basic freedoms—to speech, to assembly, to life, and to liberty?  And at the end of the day, you have a right to go home to your family, just like anybody else.

Robert Kennedy, once our Nation’s highest-ranking law enforcement official, lamented in the wake of unjust violence a country in which we look at our neighbors as people “with whom we share a city, but not a community.”  This is a time for us to reaffirm that what makes us special is that we are not only a country, but also a community.  That is true whether you are black or white, whether you are rich or poor, whether you are a police officer or someone they protect and serve.

With that understanding—an understanding of the goodness and decency I have seen of our Nation not only in the past few weeks, but throughout my life—we will get through this difficult time together.

We will do it with the love and empathy of public servants like those we have lost in recent days.  We will do it with the resilience of cities like Dallas that quickly came together to restore order and deepen unity and understanding.  We will do it with the grace of loved ones who even in their grief have spoken out against vengeance toward police.  We will do it with the good will of activists like those I have sat with in recent days, who have pledged to work together to reduce violence even as they voice their disappointments and fears.

As we bind up our wounds, we must come together to ensure that those who try to divide us do not succeed.  We are at our best when we recognize our common humanity, set an example for our children of trust and responsibility, and honor the sacrifices of our bravest by coming together to be better.

Thank you for your courageous service.  We have your backs.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama

President Obama in Flint

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President Obama Legacy among the Greatest of all American Presidents

And now there is a possibility of America going from one of the most respect nations to one of the despised, from a country that rose out of the ashes of economic depression to being back in the race, from a country that cared more about money than about people to one that puts people first, from having the most respected, sophisticated, highly intelligent President and First lady to having a boorish, unsophisticated, uneducated man in the White House.  How did this happen?
It did not happen over-night. America is in a stare of wild fear, fear of everything and especially fear of minorities coming and taking over their jobs.  They are mad that a Black president has done a lot for them, yes done a lot for the masses and they still cannot get over they're about to complete 8 years under President Obama's leadership.
It need not be this bad. There is a choice. VOTE a woman in the White House, vote for Hilary Clinton.  She is the only one who can