[CARD NEWS] Mighty Duck Obama
* A lame duck is an elected official whose term is almost over. The official is often seen as having less influence with other politicians due to
their limited time left in office. (I don’t think we need to include this explanation because lame duck is such a common term)
2) Obama congratulated the President-elect Donald J. Trump and said,
"The presidency is bigger than any of us. We have to remember that we're actually all on one team. We're not Democrats first. We're not Republicans first. We are Americans first. We're patriots first."
He also delivered words of consolation to counter Democrats’ sense of doom after losing the election.
3) However, people’s responses to the last days of Obama’s presidency are still enthusiastic.
A hashtag movement that shows many people’s wistful feelings is going viral on Twitter.
#ThankYouObama
4) In Great Britain, a movement to make Obama the country’s Prime Minister is spreading these days.
5) In 2014, the American business magazine Forbes posed a question.
“Could Obama Run For A Third Term?”
"If I were able to run for a third term, Michelle wouldn’t let me." – Obama, in a CBS interview
6) However, Obama cannot run for a third term.
The 22nd Amendment of the United States
This article was enacted after the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only president to be elected four times in U.S. history.
7) President Obama originally planned to completely step off away from politics once his term is finished, but he has been reconsidering these days after Trump has been elected as his successor.
8) His worrying stemmed from Democrat’s defeat in the recent election.
“I’m going to be constrained in what I do with all of you until I am again a private citizen.”
9) Which president in US history has lived a political life following his presidential term?
The Sixth president, John Quincy Adams
Returned to politics as a member of the House of Representatives
The 27th president, William Howard Taft
Became the 10th Supreme Court Chief Justice of the U.S.
10) The approval rating for President Obama, whose term has only about 50 days left, is 57%.
(His highest figure in the last seven years)
* His polling number was 58% in the year after from his first inauguration.
11) What makes President Obama so beloved by the American people?
Isn’t it his constant communication?
(took out the hashtag because I thought it sounded dumb lol)
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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