{"id":2420143,"date":"2025-04-04T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-tells-americans-to-get-ready-to-sacrifice-to-fight-trump-administration\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:12:37","slug":"obama-tells-americans-to-get-ready-to-sacrifice-to-fight-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-tells-americans-to-get-ready-to-sacrifice-to-fight-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Tells Americans to Get Ready to &#8216;Sacrifice&#8217; to Fight Trump Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-tells-americans-to-get-ready-to-sacrifice-to-fight-trump-administration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Barack Obama delivered a speech at Hamilton College in new York, urging Americans to stand against the policies of President Donald Trump, whom he accused of undermining the post-World War II <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-anatomy-of-a-stolen-election-the-fraud-cannot-stand\/\" title=\"The Anatomy of a Stolen Election \u2013 The Fraud Cannot Stand\">international order<\/a>. While he did not directly mention Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-gets-himself-roasted-after-sharing-what-keeps-him-up-at-night-starved-for-attention\/\" title=\"Obama roasted for admitting he&#039;s &quot;starved for attention&quot; at night.\">obama expressed concern<\/a> over actions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-cnn-air-a-chyron-stating-elon-musk-could-threaten-free-speech-on-twitter\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Air A Chyron Stating Elon Musk Could \u2018Threaten ... On Twitter\u2019?\">threaten free speech<\/a> and university funding, suggesting that universities should resist government pressure rather than capitulate. He emphasized the fragility of democracy and the need for citizens to actively participate in preserving it. Obama argued that simply proclaiming support for social justice and free speech is insufficient, as individuals may need to sacrifice for these values. His remarks were part of the college&#8217;s &#8220;Sacerdote Great Names Series,&#8221; aimed at engaging national and international leaders in meaningful discourse.Although Obama\u2019s statements reflect concerns about the potential erosion of the established order, they also highlight a tension between traditional elites and emerging populist sentiments that challenge longstanding political norms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama urged Americans to resist the policies of President Donald Trump, asserting that the current occupant of the White House wants to throw off the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">international order established<\/a> after World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The former commander in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-in-political-turmoil-as-pm-mario-draghi-resigns\/\" title=\"Italy in Political Turmoil as PM Mario Draghi Resigns\">chief delivered<\/a> a speech on Thursday at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, during which he made the call for Americans to &ldquo;possibly sacrifice&rdquo; while opposing Trump, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/04\/04\/trump-presidency-news-tariffs\/#link-RITEES5WIZFYNBW66PLZUJI4XA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper, pulling <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DavidWright_7\/status\/1907990333972988005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quotes<\/a> from CNN reporter David Wright obtained from the unrecorded event, noted that Obama claimed Trump is acting &ldquo;contrary to the basic compact we have as Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama, according to Post, never used Trump&rsquo;s name, but said he is &ldquo;deeply concerned with a federal government that threatens universities if they don&rsquo;t give up students who are exercising their right to free speech.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-administration-cancels-400m-grants-contracts-columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">universities<\/a> should even dig into their endowments rather than buckle under Trump&rsquo;s threats to cut their funds.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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he told his audience.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is an important moment because, in the last two months, the U.S. government has been trying to destroy that order,&rdquo; Obama continued. &ldquo;Democracy is pretty recent in its vintage. An international order where you cooperate instead of fight is new. It&rsquo;s fragile.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That means citizens need to &ldquo;fix this,&rdquo; according to the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say you are a progressive, or say you are for social justice, or say you are for free speech, and not have to pay a price for it,&rdquo; Obama added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not enough just to say you&rsquo;re for something,&rdquo; he warned.<\/p>\n<p>Obama&rsquo;s speech was part of the college&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamilton.edu\/events\/greatnames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacerdote Great Names Series<\/a>,&rdquo; which features &ldquo;national and international leaders in government, business science and the arts,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamilton.edu\/events\/major-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school&rsquo;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his exaggerated language, Obama is not completely off base when claiming that the Trump administration is at least in some ways skeptical of the postwar order.<\/p>\n<p>The decades since the Allies&rsquo; victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan have seen unprecedented prosperity for the United States, but the global status quo has also imposed certain burdens on the American people.<\/p>\n<p>Americans have seen the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tariff-threats-working-trump-announces-huge-manufacturing-move-mexico-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">industrial<\/a> jobs shipped overseas, and they have been expected to pay the bill for various worldwide skirmishes to keep the Pax Americana, both in terms of treasure and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-marine-killed-afghanistan-stuck-60000-bill-pentagon-policy-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has openly questioned some of those costs through his policies, such as by imposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-art-deal-tariff-strategy-working-countries-want-cut-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs<\/a> to protect American manufacturing and by seeking to wind down foreign wars. It&rsquo;s one of the many reasons he was elected in November.<\/p>\n<p>The Beltway elites who have benefited most from globalism and the postwar order, represented perfectly by Obama, have therefore been losing their collective mind over the past several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Obama did not have the best interests of Americans in mind when he urged them to oppose Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He only had in mind the establishment, and the threat to its power when the postwar order happens to be questioned.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Speaking at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Obama emphasized the need for citizens to &#8220;possibly sacrifice&#8221; in their resistance against Trump. He expressed concern over a federal government that threatens universities regarding free speech rights and suggested that they should use their endowments rather than yield to such threats. Obama defended the global system established after World War II and warned that Trump&#8217;s actions could undermine it, highlighting the fragility of democracy and international cooperation. He noted that while many have claimed support for social justice and free speech without facing consequences, now is a critical time for action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/obama-sbs-trump-for-april-4-2025.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[14436,5315,5894,10869,32640],"class_list":["post-2420143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-activism","tag-obama","tag-politics","tag-sacrifice","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/obama-sbs-trump-for-april-4-2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420147,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420143\/revisions\/2420147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}