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While most former presidents do not speak out about their successors after they leave the White House, Donald Trump is not the first president to criticize his former political opponents while in office. Trigger Photo/Getty Images Plus
Former presidents don’t criticize their successors in public.
Or do they?
Former Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have all criticized President Donald Trump in recent months.
In April 2025, Obama, for example, spoke about the importance of preserving the international order, meaning the system of rules, norms and institutions that have been active since World War II. He said: “And this is an important moment, because in the last two months, we have seen a U.S. government actively try to destroy that order and discredit it. And the thinking, I gather, is that somehow, since we are the strongest, we’re going to be better off if we can just bully people into doing whatever we want.”
Biden also offered his own negative comments on April 15: “In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage,” he said in his first public remarks since leaving office.
Some commentators have called these former presidents’ remarks “unprecedented.”
Many Americans are accustomed to former presidents not speaking about – let alone criticizing – the current president.
As a scholar of the presidency, I know that most presidents stay quiet about their successors, regardless of what the current…
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Author : USA365
Publish date : 2025-05-08 21:34:00
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