Obama sets aside tradition to warn of Trump threat to democracy

Jacob GreberSenior correspondent

Updated Aug 20, 2020 – 6.54pm, first published at 4.14pm

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Wilmington, Delaware | Kamala Harris formally became the Democrats' first woman of colour to run for vice-president on Wednesday (Thursday AEST), but the night belonged to the country's first black president.

Setting aside the traditional bar on bad-mouthing successors, Barack Obama used the third night of the Democratic convention to unleash on Donald Trump, condemning him as a threat to the very fabric of America's democratic experiment.

Jacob Greber writes about politics, economics and business from Canberra. He has been a Washington correspondent and economics correspondent.