Now, as the new election cycle heats up, Obama is being called back into the political fray in what is sure to be a difficult fight for former Vice-President, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Obama was succeeded by President Donald Trump, who for years claimed that he was not born in the United States through what was known as the “birther” theory.
U.S. President Barack Obama holds the last news conference of his presidency (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A lengthy article from The New York Times shares why Obama has been cautious about jumping on the political circuit, a move that some call “hesitant.”
A counterargument, that Obama does not any longer owe the country leadership, was written a year earlier in 2018 by The Root’s Monique Judge, “We don’t own him.”
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According to The New York Times, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
