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How Trump is forcing Obama's hand

How Trump is forcing Obama's hand

The 44th president's plans for a quiet retirement have been hijacked by the guy whose head he 'rents space in'.

Former President Barack Obama speaking at a virtual town hall event with young people in June to discuss policing and the civil unrest that followed the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. AP

Glenn Thrush and Elaina Plott

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Just after Donald Trump was elected president, Barack Obama slumped in his chair in the Oval Office and addressed an aide standing near a conspicuously placed bowl of apples, emblem of a healthy-snacking policy soon to be swept aside, along with so much else.

"I am so done with all of this," Obama said of his job, according to several people familiar with the exchange.

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