By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Senior National Correspondent
Former President Barack Obama has stepped back into the political arena, delivering some of his sharpest critiques yet of President Donald Trump as the Democratic Party faces one of its weakest moments in modern history. With party leadership approval ratings at historic lows and ties to Black-owned media nearly nonexistent, Obama’s renewed visibility has exposed both the vacuum and disillusionment threatening to fracture the Democratic coalition.
In recent weeks, Obama has publicly denounced Trump’s authoritarian-style intimidation of universities and the administration’s crackdown on the press. Declaring that America must “resist being intimidated,” he warned that defending democratic values may require “sacrifice.” Speaking at Hami