As a counterpoint, a recently released via FOIA transcript of Obama to reporters in the last days of his presidency:
Obama: Privately, that's not -- [Trump's] interactions with me are very different than they are with
the public, or, for that matter, interactions with Barack Obama, the distant figure. He's very polite to me, and has not stopped being so. I think where he sees a vulnerability he goes after it and he takes advantage of it.
A fair amount of it is still kayfabe to the pros (the problem is, it isn't to the public).
Obama: Privately, that's not -- [Trump's] interactions with me are very different than they are with the public, or, for that matter, interactions with Barack Obama, the distant figure. He's very polite to me, and has not stopped being so. I think where he sees a vulnerability he goes after it and he takes advantage of it.
A fair amount of it is still kayfabe to the pros (the problem is, it isn't to the public).
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://assets.b...