Obama: “It’s Up To All Of Us” To Stand Up To Trump

The Washington Post reports:

Former president Barack Obama called on universities and law firms to stand up to intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration and urged Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.

In a speech Thursday night at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Obama also accused Trump’s government of working to destroy the international order created after World War II.

Obama painted a picture of a postwar political environment in which disagreements happened within a shared respect for certain rules and norms, such as free speech and an independent judiciary, which he said was now eroding. “It is up to all of us to fix this,” he said, including “the citizen, the ordinary person who says, no, that’s not right.”

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Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump’s actions targeting law firms and universities Thursday, encouraging them to fight back.

“It is up to all of us to fix this,” Obama said during a speech at Hamilton College. “It’s not going to be because somebody… pic.twitter.com/YrD1DhjhYW

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In a speech at Hamilton College on Thursday, former Pres. Barack Obama criticized the second Trump administration for threats against universities and for what he framed as upending the international order, according to a transcript of his remarks. https://t.co/MuKic1PaR6 pic.twitter.com/wwixJ7Eto6

— ABC News (@ABC) April 4, 2025

It was an unforgettable evening on the Hill! Thank you, President Barack Obama, for a conversation that we’ll remember for years to come. (Photo: Adam J. Brockway) #HamiltonCollege #KnowThyself pic.twitter.com/bv0u54MOj7

— Hamilton College (@HamiltonCollege) April 4, 2025