Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump’s rise – CNN

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Washington (CNN)Barack Obama directly confronts the racist politics of President Donald Trump in the first volume of his post-presidency memoir, bluntly suggesting how he believes his historic election in 2008 opened a wave of bitter and divisive turmoil that fueled Republicans’ obstructionism and ultimately changed the party, according to a copy of the book obtained by CNN.

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Here are the key revelations in Obama's new memoirHere are the key revelations in Obama's new memoir
Here are the key revelations in Obama's new memoir

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