{"id":8651,"date":"2025-07-17T20:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=8651"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:01:26","slug":"obama-angers-everyone-with-horrendous-move-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=8651","title":{"rendered":"Obama Angers Everyone With Horrendous Move Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent private fundraiser in New Jersey, former President Barack Obama sharply criticized major U.S. law firms for capitulating to the Trump administration out of self-interest. According to <em>Business Insider<\/em>, Obama accused elite legal institutions of abandoning their principles\u2014not out of fear of legal consequences, but to preserve their careers and affluent lifestyles. \u201cThey might not be able to finish that kitchen rehab at their Hampton house,\u201d Obama said pointedly. \u201cI\u2019m not impressed,\u201d he added, as reported by <em>MSNBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Obama, who has personal ties to Big Law from his time at Harvard Law School and his early legal work in Chicago, specifically called out top firms like Paul Weiss and Kirkland &amp; Ellis. These firms had opted to cooperate with Trump\u2019s executive orders that accused certain legal institutions of weaponizing the judicial system, stripped them of security clearances, and subjected them to contract reviews. While some firms pushed back, others agreed to provide pro bono legal work for conservative causes in order to maintain favor.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to law firms, Obama criticized universities for caving to political pressure. He pointed to Columbia University\u2019s decision to comply with Trump administration demands after the school faced a $400 million cut in federal funding. The administration justified the cut by accusing Columbia of failing to address antisemitism during campus protests related to the Israel-Gaza conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Obama also voiced concern about the broader political climate. Speaking at The Connecticut Forum, he warned that the U.S. is \u201cdangerously close\u201d to normalizing authoritarian behavior under Trump. 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His staff used the autopen to execute the largest single-day act of clemency by any U.S. president\u2014over 1,500 individuals\u2014citing efficiency and procedural necessity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent private fundraiser in New Jersey, former President Barack Obama sharply criticized major U.S. law firms for capitulating to the Trump administration out of self-interest&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obama Angers Everyone With Horrendous Move Against Trump - magazine24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=8651\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama Angers Everyone With Horrendous Move Against Trump - 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