Barack Obama implies Trump has set US back 50 years in first political speech for a year

Barack Obama called on voters to reject a growing "politics of division" and implied Donald Trump had set American democracy "back 50 years" as he returned to the campaign trail for the first time since leaving the White House. In his first political speeches for nearly a year, the former president took thinly veiled swipes at his Republican successor as he condemned "folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry" for a "short-term tactical advantage". Without mentioning Mr Trump by name, he added: "Some of the politics we see now, we thought we put that to bed.

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