Obama powerfully criticized Trump's efforts to transform the national government, repress immigrants and intimidate the media and the legal environment.
— Imagine what would have happened if I had done any of this,” said the erstwhile president at Hamilton College, fresh York. “It is unthinkable that the same people who are now silent will tolerate specified behaviour on my part or my predecessors,” he added.
In his opinion, Trump's announcement of fresh customs duties on all countries "is not good for America". Obama, however, stressed that he was more afraid about the White House's violations of laws.
— I am more afraid about the national government, which threatens universities and wants them to quit students exercising their right to free speech," Obama said. “The thought that the White home can tell law firms that it will prevent them from representing people effectively is contrary to the basic pact we have as Americans,” he said.
Kamala Harris: We see organizations that are silent
Harris said Trump's decisions were mostly predictable. “There were many things we knew would happen,” said the erstwhile vice president in a video released by MSNBC station.
She stressed that she was aware that Trump's return to the Oval Office caused a “great sense of fear”.
– We see organizations that are silent. We see those who submit to clearly unconstitutional threats. And these are the things that we have witnessed all day in the last fewer months in our country, and it is understandable that this creates a large sense of fear," she said.
However, Harris pointed out that although fear is ‘infective’, courage is also. “My dear friends, courage is besides contagious,” she said.
