Barack Obama has remained relatively silent as President Donald Trump has systematically attacked America’s multiracial democracy — and the former president’s legacy.

One can only imagine how this must all feel for Obama, not to mention the near superhuman strength and discipline it requires for him to maintain his composure and adhere to the informal rule that American presidents generally do not publicly criticize their successors.

Obama, as I have written, occupies a singular place in American culture in history. As the country’s first Black president, he bears a heavier burden than others in being forced to hide his feelings, and particularly his anger.

But Trump’s escalating threats to American democracy, which have included threats to invade and occupy Democratic-led cities like C

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