We became used to the phrase “No drama Obama!” Whether spoken with positive or negative intent, we were comforted by understanding that, whatever the crisis, President Obama was versed on the subject and would take a thoughtful and measured approach to its resolution. The last thing to be expected from President Obama was a knee-jerk reaction to any event. We were comfortable with the “Nuclear Football” in his possession.
More often than not, on networks other than Fox, we hear opinions alleging Trump’s emotional instability. We’re deluged with reports of his rants in the White House and are audience to his “disturbed” Tweets against adversaries—both real and imagined. Rather than comfort, we’re in denial about who now controls that “Football.”
In the past few months, the Obamas have traveled to the British Virgin Islands, French Polynesia and Italy among other destinations. The world is still consumed with interest in their activities; yet, they remain connected to the imperatives of the nation. With a successor who is Hell-bent on destroying his legacy, President Obama has spoken out in the interests of common citizens and the consequences of an ill-conceived health plan—Trumpcare. To the joy of many, Michelle Obama delivered a recorded tribute to Chance the Rapper on the occasion of his receiving the 2017 BET Humanitarian Award. Those acts exemplify the “state of normal” concern for the Obamas.
I was blessed to visit the White House many times while they were there, but I have no desire to return! I’ve had an invitation, but I turned it down to preserve the memory of a White House as positive as it was when the Obamas lived there. No future visit to the White House could ever match the Obama years there.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is president of the National Congress of Black Women. www.nationalcongressbw.org.)
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