{"id":363335,"date":"2017-10-20T06:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T06:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=363335"},"modified":"2017-10-20T06:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T06:41:47","slug":"obama-and-bush-decry-deep-us-divisions-without-naming-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/obama-and-bush-decry-deep-us-divisions-without-naming-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions without naming Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump’s leadership.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama urged Americans to reject the politics of “division” and “fear”, while Mr Bush criticised “bullying and prejudice” in public life.<\/p>\n
They were speaking separately. Neither mentioned President Trump by name.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump, who has been critical of his two predecessors, is yet to comment.<\/p>\n
Ex-presidents traditionally shy away from commenting publicly on their successors, and Mr Obama said on leaving office he would extend that courtesy for a time to Mr Trump, as George W Bush had to him.<\/p>\n
He has broken his silence since to issue statements on Mr Trump’s efforts to dismantle Obamacare, as well as his controversial “Muslim ban” and decision to abandon the Paris climate accord.<\/p>\n