(Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
When President Donald Trump occupied the Oval Office (and before the 2020 election), former President Barack Obama generally gave his successor the courtesy of silence — at least in public. In private, however, Obama repeatedly attacked Trump in the harshest of terms, occasionally veering into profanity.
According to a new book, Obama called Trump a “madman”, a “racist, sexist pig”, “that f**king lunatic”, and a “corrupt motherf**ker.”
Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer at
The Atlantic, reports the remarks in his forthcoming book
The Guardian obtained an advance copy and Martin Pengelly first reported on Obama’s remarks.