President Obama said in an interview released Monday that he could have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ā€œif I had run again.ā€ In his most pointed critique yet, Obama said Hillary Clinton’s campaign acted too cautiously out of a mistaken belief that victory was all but certain.

ā€œIf you think you’re winning, then you have a tendency, just like in sports, maybe to play it safer,ā€ Obama said in the interview with former adviser and longtime friend David Axelrod, a CNN analyst, for his ā€œThe Axe Filesā€ podcast. The president said Clinton ā€œunderstandably .ā€‰.ā€‰. looked and said, well, given my opponent and the things he’s saying and what he’s doing, we should focus on that.ā€

Trump took exception to this critique, tweeting out later in the day that ā€œPresident Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me. He should say that but I say NO WAY! ā€” jobs leaving, ISIS, Care, etc.ā€ –WP

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/813498739923054593

Sheriff Clarke has been an outspoken supporter of President-elect Trump throughout his candidacy. He’s also been an outspoken critic of the way Barack Obama has created a huge racial division in our nation and especially his war on cops. Clarke’s made many stinging remarks directed at Obama over the past couple of years, but his recent tweet, where he responds to Obama’s bragging about how he could’ve beaten Trump for a third term, has to be his all time best.

Ouch! That’s gonna leave a markā€¦

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