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not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to m ....
apple podcast, it s feature there. a week from today on september 14th. you will find an apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. and a quick sign up to make sure you don t miss. it the news, it does continue, we will hand it over to don lemon. this is don lemon tonight and barack and michelle obama. back at the white house today, there was a time when that would be normal. it would be expected. a former president and first lady back at the house where they lived for eight years, for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. hosted by the sitting president. barack and michelle, welcome home. welcome home. but let s face it. how much normal have we seen for the past three years? not a lot, actually. president trump sure wasn t going to honor his predecessor, not after he launched his own political career by spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states, duly elected twice, was not born in this country. that was f ....
[ laughter ] [ applause ] self-deprecating humor there. a tan suit. remember the tan suit? remember that? the biggest scandal ever. i think it was shocking to a lot of people. what does this suggest? is this an effort by the political gurus to make him look warmer? whoever talked him into going into a tan suit. why did you take issue with the suit? because you know the image makers in the white house, here is a president coming out in a serious moment where he should be addressing the country on a serious matter and he looked like he was on his way to a party at the hamptons. ronald reagan wore a tan suit, by the way. people yelled about this barack obama wearing a tan suit for weeks. tan suit gate. do i need to add that no classified documents were harmed or put at risk by wearing the wearing of a summer suit? [ laughter ] i know, right? ....
What does it suggest to you, john? is this an effort by the political gurus to make him look warmer. whoever talked him into going into a tent suit? why did you take issue with this? because you know the imagery from the white house here is a president coming to the white house, a serious moment, where he should be addressed in the country and such a serious matter and he looks like he is on his way to a party of the hamptons. ronald reagan roar tanned suit by the way. people yelled about this barack obama wearing a tan suit for weeks. tan suit gate. do i need to add that no classified documents were harmed or put address by wearing the wearing of a summer suit. i know, right? but i digress. nobody mentioned the name of the 45th presidents today but michelle obama seemed to have a pointed message when she said our countries traditions, like the unveiling of their portraits, matter. traditions like this matter. ....