{"id":2571157,"date":"2026-02-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-and-susan-rice-reportedly-broke-down-and-cried-after-trumps-2016-win\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:03:36","slug":"obama-and-susan-rice-reportedly-broke-down-and-cried-after-trumps-2016-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-and-susan-rice-reportedly-broke-down-and-cried-after-trumps-2016-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama and Susan Rice Reportedly &#8216;Broke Down and Cried&#8217; After Trump&#8217;s 2016 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-and-susan-rice-reportedly-broke-down-and-cried-after-trumps-2016-win%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=2571157&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>An article reports that Barack Obama and his national security adviser Susan Rice where so distraught after Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 victory that they reportedly cried in front of White House staff. The claim is said to be based on about 1,100 hours of audio and video gathered by Columbia University in collaboration with the Obama Foundation, with Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations asserting they feared their work could be undone by what he calls a \u201ccon man\u201d and a \u201cclown.\u201d The piece notes that the audio\/video has not been released publicly and that transcripts are not provided.<\/p>\n<p>The report also cites a declassified DNI document highlighted by Tulsi Gabbard, alleging the Obama administration directed the creation of an Intelligence Community Assessment that pushed a Russia interference narrative they knew was false. Gabbard contends the documents show how they supposedly manufactured findings, suppressed conflicting evidence, and ignored IC standards, framing these actions as part of a broader effort to undermine Trump. She describes it as a \u201cyearslong coup\u201d that included impeachments and other charges, though the article points out Trump was not convicted by the Senate and some charges were later dropped after his 2024 reelection.<\/p>\n<p>the piece presents contested claims about attempts to subvert Trump\u2019s presidency, relying on assertions from Sperry and Gabbard and noting the lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryanne-trump-barry-donald-trumps-older-sister-dies-at-86\/\" title=\"Maryanne ... Barry, older sister of Donald ..., passes away at 86.\">publicly released audio<\/a> or transcripts as evidence.  <\/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>A new report claims former President Barack Obama and his then<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-acquittal-sussmann-trial-adds-to-trove-of-evidence-clinton-was-behind-russia-hoax\/\" title=\"Despite Acquittal, Sussmann Trial Adds to Trove of ... Clinton Was Behind Russia Hoax\">-national security advisor<\/a>, Susan Rice, were so distraught after Donald Trump won the 2016 election that they both cried.<\/p>\n<p>The claim was posted on X Tuesday by RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Paul Sperry.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sperry, the reaction is documented in 1,100 hours of audio and video compiled by Columbia University in a collaboration with the Obama Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Sperry wrote that after Trump&rsquo;s unexpected victory, Obama and Rice feared that &ldquo;all they&rsquo;d built&rdquo; was &ldquo;at risk&rdquo; of being undone.<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed they worried their work would be dismantled by what they described as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-argues-500m-civil-fraud-verdict-is-clear-cut-statute-of-limitations-violation-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... argues 0M civil fraud verdict is \u2018clear-cut\u2019 statute of limitations violation - Washington Examiner\">con man&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and a &ldquo;clown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Sperry added that both of them &ldquo;literally broke down and cried&rdquo; in front of White House staffers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: President Obama and his National Security Adviser Susan Rice were so distraught after Trump won in 2016 they literally broke down and cried in front of White House staff, according to 1,100 hours of new audio and video compiled by Columbia University in cooperation with&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulsperry_\/status\/2023963676395381033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The report does not include the audio or video itself.<\/p>\n<p>Sperry did not indicate whether the audio would be released publicly or whether transcripts would be made available.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s 2016 win over Democrat Hillary Clinton stunned Washington&rsquo;s political class and sparked an effort to undermine Trump before he ever entered office in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Director of National Intelligence last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/newsroom\/dig\/4085-dig-obama-conspiracy-to-subvert-president-trump-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a report<\/a> titled &ldquo;Declassified Evidence of Obama Administration Conspiracy to Subvert President Trump&rsquo;s 2016 Victory and Presidency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to DNI Tulsi Gabbard, the Russian collusion hoax was a part of that effort.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is irrefutable evidence detailing how President Obama and his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national security team directed<\/a> the creation of an Intelligence Community Assessment that they knew was false, promoting the contrived narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Trump win, as though it were true,&rdquo; she found.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard added, &ldquo;The documents we released shows how they did it: manufacturing findings from shoddy sources, suppressing evidence that disproved their false claims, disobeying IC tradecraft standards, and withholding the truth from the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She added that anger over Trump&rsquo;s win ultimately led to a &ldquo;yearslong coup&rdquo; against Trump that included everything from his impeachments to the criminal charges that were filed against him after his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard included a timeline of events she said began shortly after the 2016 election that involved numerous Obama administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/newsroom\/press-releases\/press-releases-2025\/4090-pr-18-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her report<\/a>, the outgoing administration began work to undercut Trump within a few weeks of the election and with just over a month until Trump&rsquo;s first inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was not convicted by the Senate in either of the two impeachment and multiple federal criminal cases against him were dropped after he won another term in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-top-10-blunders-of-2022\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Top 10 Blunders 2022\">president survived<\/a> two attempted assassinations in the final stretch of the election.<\/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; 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The assertion was shared on X by RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Paul Sperry and is said to rest on about 1,100 hours of audio and video compiled by Columbia University in collaboration with the Obama Foundation. Sperry writes that Obama and Rice feared their work could be undone by Trump, whom he describes as a \u201ccon man\u201d and a \u201cclown.\u201d The piece notes that the audio and video themselves are not provided, and it\u2019s unclear whether transcripts or public releases will appear.<\/p>\n<p>Sperry\u2019s post also quotes him saying Obama and Rice \u201cliterally broke down and cried\u201d in that moment, but the report does not include the actual recordings.<\/p>\n<p>The story also references a declassified Intelligence Community document issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and cites Tulsi Gabbard, who argues the Russian-collusion claim was part of an effort to undermine Trump. Gabbard contends that Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an IC assessment they knew was false, used weak or selective sources, suppressed evidence that contradicted their conclusions, violated IC standards, and kept the truth from the American people. She says this anger over Trump\u2019s win set off what she calls a \u201cyearslong coup,\u201d including impeachment efforts and criminal charges leveled against Trump after his first term, and she provides a timeline of actions by various Obama administration officials starting soon after the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that Trump was not convicted by the Senate in either impeachment, and mentions that multiple federal charges were dropped after he won a second term in 2024. It also references two assassination attempts on Trump during the late stage of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The report\u2019s claims are unverified in the sense that the audio\/video are not released and the article itself does not provide the recordings or transcripts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2571158,"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\/2026\/02\/Obama-and-Rice.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5315,38972,14962,53932,34978],"class_list":["post-2571157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-obama","tag-political-reaction","tag-rumor","tag-susan-rice","tag-trump-2016"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Obama-and-Rice.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571157","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=2571157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571162,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571157\/revisions\/2571162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}