'We're likely to see more attacks on Obama as Trump searches for a strategy to reverse the serious challenges he faces as he tries to get re-elected,' errollouis writes for CNNOpinion
Errol Louis is the host of"Inside City Hall," a nightly political show on NY1, a New York all-news channel. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
There appears to be virtually no chance that President Donald Trump, facing a rocky road to re-election, will extend to his predecessor, President Barack Obama, the traditional courtesy of a formal ceremony at the White House to unveil Obama's official portrait. Any likelihood of that -- however slim to begin with -- has seemingly vanished with Trump's ebbing political fortunes. If this President were presiding over a thriving economy and a contented population, and riding high in the polls, there might have been a chance that he would be magnanimous, and proffered the friendly, time-honored gesture to his predecessor.But Trump is on the ropes, suffering one political body blow after another.
CNN reporter details incident between Trump and campaign manager 02:05It seems like a lifetime ago, but Trump was recently impeached -- only the third president in history to bear that indelible mark of scandal. He has hopelessly botched the response to the coronavirus crisis. Reckless on-camera promises in February that the virus"is going to disappear" have been followed by the promotion of quack cures from the White House podium.
So it's back to basics for a man whose political career, let us remember, was based on the lie of birtherism -- the conspiracy theory, constantly promoted by Trump, that Obama was born in Africa and never legitimately elected. Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates nailed it in a PBS documentary."There was a shocking amount of resentment that a black family had been in the White House for two terms," he said.
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