There’s no doubt the majority of Americans are yearning for Barack Obama’s leadership right now. It’s palpable. You can feel that around the country. He led us through the financial crisis, Ebola and several other crises. For eight years he stood at the podium and said, ‘I take responsibility.’ Now we have the antithesis of that.

Obama inherited an epic trauma of his own, the 2008-09 financial meltdown, which, supporters claim, would have developed into a Great Depression but for the actions of his administration. He also had to deal with an outbreak of swine flu, which killed an estimated 12,469 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ebola in west Africa in 2014-16 raised further alarm but only 11 people were treated for the virus in the US. Obama’s White House Ebola “czar”, Ron Klain, is now a regular TV and podcast critic of Trump’s disorganized response to the coronavirus. On Wednesday, Klain tweeted a video of Obama in 2014 warning of the need to be ready for the next pandemic.

Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice told the Washington Post that Trump’s failures “cost tens of thousands of American lives”.

The ex-president himself, however, declines to speak out directly against his successor. But he has tweeted more frequently than usual: 33 posts in the past month, many of which offer advice on stopping the virus spread, pay tribute to healthcare and other essential workers or share inspiring stories.

What a shame Obama was term limited, he would have trounced Trump in 2016 and we would have a qualified educated leader in this time of crisis instead of an arrogant clueless buffoon. Term limits in this instance have cost more Americans their lives than the 9-11 attacks. It is time to do away with them and give American voters the right to choose who they want in public office rather than forcing qualified public servants out of office after an arbitrary timeline.

There’s no doubt the majority of Americans are yearning for Barack Obama’s leadership right now. It’s palpable. You can feel that around the country. He led us through the financial crisis, Ebola and several other crises. For eight years he stood at the podium and said, ‘I take responsibility.’ Now we have the antithesis of that.

Obama inherited an epic trauma of his own, the 2008-09 financial meltdown, which, supporters claim, would have developed into a Great Depression but for the actions of his administration. He also had to deal with an outbreak of swine flu, which killed an estimated 12,469 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ebola in west Africa in 2014-16 raised further alarm but only 11 people were treated for the virus in the US. Obama’s White House Ebola “czar”, Ron Klain, is now a regular TV and podcast critic of Trump’s disorganized response to the coronavirus. On Wednesday, Klain tweeted a video of Obama in 2014 warning of the need to be ready for the next pandemic.

Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice told the Washington Post that Trump’s failures “cost tens of thousands of American lives”.

The ex-president himself, however, declines to speak out directly against his successor. But he has tweeted more frequently than usual: 33 posts in the past month, many of which offer advice on stopping the virus spread, pay tribute to healthcare and other essential workers or share inspiring stories.

What a shame Obama was term limited, he would have trounced Trump in 2016 and we would have a qualified educated leader in this time of crisis instead of an arrogant clueless buffoon. Term limits in this instance have cost more Americans their lives than the 9-11 attacks. It is time to do away with them and give American voters the right to choose who they want in public office rather than forcing qualified public servants out of office after an arbitrary timeline.

There’s no doubt the majority of Americans are yearning for Barack Obama’s leadership right now. It’s palpable. You can feel that around the country. He led us through the financial crisis, Ebola and several other crises. For eight years he stood at the podium and said, ‘I take responsibility.’ Now we have the antithesis of that.

Obama inherited an epic trauma of his own, the 2008-09 financial meltdown, which, supporters claim, would have developed into a Great Depression but for the actions of his administration. He also had to deal with an outbreak of swine flu, which killed an estimated 12,469 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ebola in west Africa in 2014-16 raised further alarm but only 11 people were treated for the virus in the US. Obama’s White House Ebola “czar”, Ron Klain, is now a regular TV and podcast critic of Trump’s disorganized response to the coronavirus. On Wednesday, Klain tweeted a video of Obama in 2014 warning of the need to be ready for the next pandemic.

Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice told the Washington Post that Trump’s failures “cost tens of thousands of American lives”.

The ex-president himself, however, declines to speak out directly against his successor. But he has tweeted more frequently than usual: 33 posts in the past month, many of which offer advice on stopping the virus spread, pay tribute to healthcare and other essential workers or share inspiring stories.

What a shame Obama was term limited, he would have trounced Trump in 2016 and we would have a qualified educated leader in this time of crisis instead of an arrogant clueless buffoon. Term limits in this instance have cost more Americans their lives than the 9-11 attacks. It is time to do away with them and give American voters the right to choose who they want in public office rather than forcing qualified public servants out of office after an arbitrary timeline.