However, his focus was on cementing his legacy rather than unveiling new policies.
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“I don’t think they’re gaining strength”, Obama he said.
“We live in a time of extraordinary change - change that’s reshaping the way we live, the way we work, our planet and our place in the world”.
“All the talk of America’s economic decline is political hot air”.
“Democracy does require basic bonds of trust between its citizens”, he said.
Obama spent 40 minutes visiting with Lisa Martin, who sent him a letter a year ago that was written at 4 a.m. when she was awake feeding her son Cooper, in which she described her “sinking feeling of dread and sadness” about climate change.
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took aim at Obama’s address on Wednesday, criticizing the president for attacking Republican presidential candidates from the rostrum.
Observers noted that Mr Obama, in focusing his speech on the next five to 10 years instead of his final year in office, was trying to lay out the choice voters have before them.
The president called out real estate mogul Donald Trump, though not by name, saying, “When politicians insult Muslims… that doesn’t make us safer”.
“That’s not telling it like it is. It’s just wrong.” The president, apparently referencing Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, added, “It diminishes us in the eyes of the world”. The US president recently had tears rolling down his face while he talked about taking action against the bloodshed caused by gun violence. We all want the best for our kids and that’s why I’m confident we can fix this broken system, make college affordable and give more students a better shot at success.
“During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices”. And because he’s gone to the mat for all of us, on so many issues over the past forty years, I’m putting Joe in charge of Mission Control’.
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“No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country”, Haley said. “He would have us believe that global warming is our greatest threat, our military is as strong as it can be, the economy is working for American families, and that the key to alleviating poverty is more government dependence. Our country is being tested”. “But we’ve been tested in the past, and our people have always risen to the challenge”.
