Where is Barack Obama?
Today’s must-read: The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.
 

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“No matter how brazen Trump becomes, the most effective communicator in the Democratic Party continues to opt for minimal communication,” Mark Leibovich writes.

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Last month, while Donald Trump was in the Middle East being gifted a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar, Barack Obama headed off on his own foreign excursion: a trip to Norway, in a much smaller and more tasteful jet, to visit the summer estate of his old friend King Harald V. Together, they would savor the genteel glories of Bygdøyveien in May. They chewed over global affairs and the freshest local salmon, which had been smoked on the premises and seasoned with herbs from the royal garden.

Trump has begun his second term with a continuous spree of democracy-shaking, economy-quaking, norm-obliterating action. And Obama, true to form, has remained carefully above it all. He picks his spots, which seldom involve Trump.

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