Obama Took On Recession, Health Care and Iraq. What He Didn’t See Coming Was Trump.
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by Peter BakerFebruary 17, 2026
A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”
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Originally published on NYT Homepage on 2/17/2026