20 hours Ago By Brigid Brown
Both Barack Obama and Kamala Harris have kept mum about Donald Trump and his second term as President, but that all changed when both the Former President and Former Vice President shared their opinions on recent activity. Obama and Harris spoke separately about different issues, but at the same time, it seems their concerns line up. During a speech at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York , Obama expressed his concerns about new tariffs, universities and law firms being targeted and what he described as the international order being upended.
Recession risk 'increases to 60%' as stocks plunge since Trump's tariffs Trump forces Columbia to overhaul policies or lose $400 million in funding Obama said: "Look, I don't think what we just witnessed in terms of economic policy and tariffs is going to be good for America, but that's a specific policy. He added: “I'm more deeply concerned with a federal government that threatens universities if they don't give up students who are exercising their right to free speech.” Obama explained: "I am more troubled by the idea that a White House can say to law firms, 'If you represent parties that we don't like, we're going to pull all our business or bar you from representing people effectively.
’” In terms of foreign policy, the former President suggests the thinking is “we are the strongest, we're going to be better off if we can just bully people into doing whatever we want, and dictate the terms of trade all the time,” and he does not believe this is a good route to go the the US government is “actively trying to destroy order.” DON’T MISS: 'Hands Off' global protests against Trump and Musk's government takeover Anti-Trump protests erupt nationwide as DC streets overflow with crowds MAGA fans brand Trump a 'rockstar' as they call on him to run for a third term Harris , on the other hand, spoke at the Leading Women Defined Summit in California , where she said the US government is creating a “sense of fear” and progress is “being rolled back” and it is resulting in a silence culture. Harris said: "We're seeing people stay quiet.
We are seeing organizations stay quiet. She added: “We are seeing those who are capitulating to clearly unconstitutional threats, and these are the things that we are witnessing each day in these last few months in our country.” The former Vice President suggested a way to face fear and counter the debilitating emotion.
"Fear has a way of being contagious ...
courage is also contagious.”.
