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Its a very strange phenomenon, he said on Fox Newss The OReilly Factor Monday. "We get along. I dont know if hell admit this, but he likes me.

I like him because I can feel it, Trump added of his predecessor, who leveled hash criticism against the businessman during the campaign. "Thats what I do in life its called like, I understand.

Now we had a rough campaign [and] he was fighting better for Hillary than she did, he said of Obamas former secretary of State. "He was vicious during the campaign toward me, and I was vicious toward him.

We said horrible things about each other and then we hop in the car and we drive down Pennsylvania Avenue together [and] we dont even talk about it, Trump added of his Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, D.C.

"Politics is amazing.

Trump then revealed Obama considers a military problem with a certain place to be Americas greatest upcoming challenge. He refused to say more, but added that the former leader was not referencing China.

I said, What would you say the number one, two and three problems are? Trump recounted. "And the number one problem that he felt I was a little bit surprised, but I fully understand why he said it.

I cant do that, I cant do that, he added when OReilly urged him to reveal Obamas specific concern. "I dont think [Obama] would mind if I said it, [but] I dont want that particular place to know that thats the way he or I feel.

Trump repeatedly hammered Obamas leadership during the 2016 race, challenging his handling of issues ranging from the economy to radical Islamic terrorism.

Obama endorsed Clinton over Trump, questioning the latters temperament for the presidency and portraying him as a threat to his administrations progressive accomplishments.

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Claim: An image macro accurately compares the remarks of President Trump and former President Obama at National Prayer Breakfasts.

WHAT'S TRUE: The image used real quotes (slightly edited) from President Trump's speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2017 and former President Obama's speech at the same event a year earlier.

WHAT'S FALSE: The quotes aren't comparable and give the false impression that Trump's speech focused solely on television ratings and that he failed to mention God, religion, or scripture during his speech.

Origin:An image macro purportedly showing two statements, one from former President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2016 and the other from President Trump at the same event the following year, was circulated on social media in February 2017:

The quotes depicted in the image margo are largely accurate, although President Trump's remarks were edited together from a few different portions of his speech.

President Obama's speech at the 2016 National Prayer Breakfast is archived at ObamaWhiteHouse.Archive.Gov. The relevant portion of his speech can be seen at around the 1:50 mark of the following video, and we've reproduced the relevant text portion below (the bolded text was omitted from above-displayed graphic):

And on this occasion, I always enjoy reflecting on a piece of scripture thats been meaningful to me or otherwise sustained me throughout the year. And lately, Ive been thinking and praying on a verse from Second Timothy: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

President Trump's 2017 National Prayer Breakfast speech was also archived by the White House. The above-displayed image macro condensed a larger portion of President Trump's speech into a brief paragraph. The entire speech can be seen in the following video, and we've reproduced the relevant text portion below (bolded text was omitted from above-displayed graphic):

Thank you as well to Senate Chaplain Barry Black for his moving words. And I don't know, Chaplain, whether or not thats an appointed position. Is that an appointed position? I dont even know if youre a Democrat or if youre a Republican, but Im appointing you for another year the hell with it. (Laughter and applause.) And I think its not even my appointment, its the Senates appointment, but well talk to them. Your son is here. Your job is very, very secure, okay? (Laughter.) Thank you, Barry. Appreciate it very much.

I also want to thank my great friends, though, Roma. Wheres Roma? Beautiful Roma Downey. The voice of an angel. Shes got the voice every time I hear it, that voice is so beautiful. Everything is so beautiful about Roma, including her husband because hes a special, special friend, Mark Burnett for the wonderful introduction. So true. So true. I said to the agent, Im sorry. The only thing more I actually got on the phone and fired him myself because he said, you dont want to do it, itll never work, itll never, ever work. You dont want to do it. I said, listen but I really fired him after it became the number-one show. It became so successful, and he wanted a commission, and he didnt want to do it. Thats what I really said. (Laughter.)

But we had tremendous success on "The Apprentice." And when I ran for President, I had to leave the show. Thats when I knew for sure I was doing it. And they hired a big, big movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger to take my place. And we know how that turned out. (Laughter.) The ratings went right down the tubes. Its been a total disaster. And Mark will never, ever bet against Trump again. And I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can, for those ratings, okay? (Laughter.)

The gist of this image macro was that President Obama's speech focused on scripture while President Trump's speech focused on TV ratings, but President Trump did talk about other subjects including the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL in Yemen and quote a piece of scripture (John 15:13) during his remarks:

No one has inspired me more in my travels than the families of the United States military, men and women who have put their lives on the line every day for their country and their countrymen. I just came back yesterday from Dover Air Force Base to join the family of Chief William Ryan Owens, as Americas fallen hero was returned home. Very, very sad, but very, very beautiful. Very, very beautiful. His family was there. Incredible family, loved him so much. So devastated he was so devastated. But the ceremony was amazing. He died in defense of our nation. He gave his life in defense of our people. Our debt to him and our debt to his family is eternal and everlasting.

Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends. We will never forget the men and women who wear the uniform, believe me. (Applause.) Thank you. From generation to generation, their vigilance has kept our liberty alive. Our freedom is won by their sacrifice, and our security has been earned with their sweat and blood and tears. God has blessed this land to give us such incredible heroes and patriots. They are very, very special, and we are going to take care of them. (Applause.)

One could cherry-pick other portions of both speeches to create the impression that both Presidents Trump and Obama had focused equally on scripture during their remarks:

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February 6th, 2017 by Zachary Shahan

If youve been paying close attention to US politics this past month, I probablydont need to tell you whats been going on. If you havent been, well, I cant even find theword to describe it its been a mix of insanity, corruption, hypocrisy, lies (aka alternative facts), irony, fictional history, idiocy, chaos, and looming disaster. In other words, just anothermonthin the life of a con man from Queens.

Before getting into the focus of the article, though, I want to highlight that I thinkDonald Trumps counterproductive policies and approach to politics are actually much less about him conning people and much more about him being conned, and simply being a person who doesnt carefully evaluate pretty much anything. The clearest understanding I have of Trump is that he is justa rich old white man who has sat on his couch watching Fox News for too long. Of course, beyond that, he golfs with Rush Limbaugh, talks to Sean Hannity on the phone, and has branded himself as successful and rich for decades (even when he was deep, deep in the red and his family members reportedly handed overmillions of dollars to bail him out). But the mainpoint is he has been heavily brainwashed by the extremist right-wing propaganda machine, just like so many other old white grandpas. When you consider thepoint that he basically doesnt read,the fact that most of this propaganda comes straight through Fox News and talk radio is not so surprising.

If you look at Trumpspast political comments and criticisms of Obama, they often came straight from Fox Newsand Rush Limbaugh. His simplistic (in many cases very harmfully simplistic) solutions to problem after problem come from talking heads on Fox. (He admits as much in the interview clip with Chuck Todd in the video above, in which he basically says he gets his information and ideas from TV news and we know he heavily prefers Fox News).

Trumpsdeep and broad anger, his feeling that America was under attack by an unpatriotic (obviously incorrect)and Muslim (obviously incorrect) Obama, and the fear (my God, the fear) it all comes straight from the right-wing propaganda machine most powerfully represented byFox News, but also viaso many other propaganda outlets Trump has mentioned or retweeted(and, of course, Republican politicians themselves).

Think about it. Think about any Donald Trump proposal. Did it not come straight from watching Fox, listening to Rush Limbaugh, or chatting with buddies Sean Hannity andBill OReilly (and now Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, etc.)? Is Trump not just a crazy, angry grandpa who has watched too much Fox?

Watch this clip (starts 6:56 into the video with that link) and then this movie trailer.

I think this also helps to explain why much of the public felt like he understood them, why his communication approach was so effective on so many people hes one of them. He may be a billionaire (or millionaire) living in a penthouse inNew York City, but he basically sits in front of the TV and gets angry watching Fox News. Rumor has it that his current aides have a tough time pulling him away from the TV and getting him to tame this bad habit.

But, now, that brings me to the core topic of this article. In summary:the hypocrisy,it burns.

There are so many things Trumphas now done that, if they had been done by Obama, the faces of Fox News hosts and Republican politicians would be bubbling red and exploding. Yet, because its one of their guys instead of a black Democrat, it doesnt matter its good even! As a preface to a list of some of these things, though, I think its relevant to note something else: Iveheard that Trump wasnt actually bornin the US that hes Scottish. What Im told is that no one has seen his birth certificate, and that theres not even any legitimate, proven record of him going to elementary school in the US. This could be a huge deal. I think its something we should look into for years to come. I may even hire a private investigator.

(Yes, that birth certificate part is all a joke, butseriously, thats what Trump, Fox News, and others said about Obama and didfor years!)

Anyway, here aresome very legitimate matters to consider:

1. What if Obama selected the longtime CEO of a giant solar energy company to be secretary of state? Picking winners and losers? Crony capitalism?

2. Furthermore, what if that company had been known to conceal information relevant to the public good and was causing health problems and premature death for millions of people?

3. Furthermore, what if that company had billions of dollars of deals with Russiathat got compromised by US sanctions on Russia from its invasion of an ally neighbor?

4. Speaking of Russia What would the response be if Obama won the election after Russia hacked into the Republican Party and its presidential campaign emails and leaked them to Wikileaks? What would the result be if the entire US intelligence community said that Russia did this in order to try to get Obama elected and Obamas reaction was to berate these US intelligence agencies, claim that they are wrong, and praise Russias responses to the matter? (What if this is something the FBI was investigating but didnt make public even though it made public nonsense investigations about Obamas opponents emails at critical times during the election.)

5. What if Obama continuously praised Vladimir Putin and said its no big deal that Putin killed political opponents and that it had happened in the US as well?

6. What if Obama lashed out on Twitter to claim a US civil rights iconwho risked his life and was almost beaten to death fighting for justicewas all talk, no action during a weekend meant to remember and honor the epic battle that hero was a part of.

7. What if Obama passed a poorly planned andprobably unconstitutional ban on travel from various legitimate visa holders, green card holders, and other travellers, was then blocked by our court system (one of our key checks on power), and then lashed out at our court system for using its inherent right and expertise to block this unconstitutionalban?

8. What if Obama made pointless, nonsensical rules like government agencies have to repeal two regulations for every new regulation they create?

9. What if Obama attacked and pissed off leaders of China, Australia, the UK, Germany, Iran, and others in his first two weeks on the job?

10. What if Obama obsessively attacked the media and any criticisms of him that the entertainment industry sent his way?

11. What if Obama picked a record number ofbillionaire friends to head up key cabinet positions? (And after hypingdraining the swamp on the campaign trail!)

12. What if Obama focused on cracking down on Wall Street Goldman Sachs in particular and then nominated or installed four former or currentGoldman Sachs people fortop positions and immediately worked to roll back critical regulations on Wall Street put in place after the recession to protect the economy?

13. What if Obama went a record length before holding a press conference (waited monthslonger than other presidents had)?

14. What if Obama had a vast global business that he was unwilling to stop running after becoming president, one that lent itself to special treatment from political players around the world?

15. What if Obama never released his tax returns, despite allegations that he didnt pay federal income tax for nearly 20 years, and despite allegations that they might reveal close ties with foreign governments?

16. What if Obamalied dozens of times in his first two weeks on the job?

17. What if Obama fired the Acting Attorney Generalfor doing her job just days before she would be leaving the position anyway?

18. What if Obama called refugees illegal immigrants andwanted to ignore the countrys duties under the Geneva Conventions?

19.What if Obama neglected to mention Jewish people on Holocaust Remembrance Day?

20. What if Obama claimed there was widespread voter fraud in the election and essentially all the people (approximately 3 million of them) voted against Obama? (Note: Thats conveniently the number Trump would need to have actually beaten Hillary Clinton in the popular vote.)

21. What if Obama obsessed over the size of his inauguration crowd andlied that it was the largest ever when there was clear evidence it wasnt close to the size of his predecessors inauguration crowd?

22. What if Obama contrary to the US intelligence community claimed that torture worked and indicated he might bring it back?

23.What if Obama used his National Prayer Day speech to hype his entertainment career and bash Arnold Schwarzenegger?

24. What if Obama came into one of the worst economic crises in American history and left with the economy on solid feet? Oh, wait, that wasObamas story unfortunately for Fox News, the jobs were in solar energy, wind energy, electric transport, and other arenas Obama specifically supported.

The hypocrisy it burns.

But remember, we now live in Don the Cons scary reality.

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During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of treating Americas adversaries with tender love and care while our allies were snubbed and criticized by an administration that lacks moral clarity.

Weve picked fights with our oldest friends, Trump declared in his April 2016 foreign policy speech, adding Weve had a president who dislikes our friends and bows to our enemies.

Trump was absolutely right. From Iran to Cuba, Obama bent over backwards to court our adversaries. At the same time, he mistreated our closest allies allowing Israel to get bullied by the U.N. Security Council and canceling missile defense deals with Poland and the Czech Republic in a misguided effort to curry favor with Moscow.

So why, less than two weeks into his presidency, is Trump doing precisely what he criticized Obama for doing picking fights with one of our oldest friends, Australia, while treating our adversary, Russia, with tender love and care?

When Fox News Bill OReilly challenged Trump on his praise for Vladimir Putin this weekend, declaring, Putins a killer, Trump responded, There are a lot of killers, adding, Weve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our countrys so innocent?

Had Obama said these words, every conservative in America would have erupted with outrage. Equating U.S. actions with those of our enemies is a tried-and-true tactic of the left. Remember how appalled we were when Obama declared that America should get off its high horse in criticizing Islamic terrorists because of the terrible deeds committed in the name of Christ during the Crusades? Or when he drew a moral equivalence between Irans decades of terrorist murder and the role the CIA played in the 1950s overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government in his infamous Cairo speech? Why would Trump follow Obamas model, and draw the same false moral equivalence between the United States and Russia?

At the very moment Trump was speaking with OReilly, Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza lay fighting for his life in a Moscow hospital, after being poisoned under mysterious circumstances. He was similarly poisoned in 2015, and barely survived. His crime? Lobbying Congress to impose economic sanctions against Russia under the Magnistky Act, a law that itself was named for a Russian human rights lawyer who was beaten to death in Putins jails. Kara-Murza and Magnitsky are not alone. In 2015, opposition activist Boris Nemtsov was assassinated by gunmen on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin. And in 2016, a British judge found that Putin was likely behind the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy turned Putin critic, who was poisoned in London with radioactive polonium-210.

Trump says he wants to get along with Putin. Theres nothing wrong with trying. But getting along with Putin does not require excusing this campaign of political murder, or suggesting that the U.S. acts similarly. As William F. Buckley once famously put it, To say that the CIA and the KGB engage in similar practices is the equivalent of saying that the man who pushes an old lady into the path of a hurtling bus is not to be distinguished from the man who pushes an old lady out of the path of a hurtling bus: on the grounds that, after all, in both cases someone is pushing old ladies around.

Worse still, Trumps defense of Putin came just days after he scolded Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an agreement he had reached with President Obama to take in 1,250 refugees held at Australian detention centers from Iran, Iraq, Somalia and other countries. Yes, it was poor form for Turnbull and Obama to make this deal after Trump was elected. Yes, Australia was stupid to press Trump to take in a group refugees that they themselves refuse to let into their country many of whom hailed from the very nations for which Trump had just temporarily suspended immigration. But Australia is also one of our closest allies a nation that has fought beside us in every war we have fought in the last century from World War I to Iraq and Afghanistan. There was no reason for Trump to tell Turnbull that theirs was the worst call by far he has had with any world leader including, apparently, Vladimir Putin. The leader of Americas closest ally deserved at least the same kind of deference that Trump seems to be willing to extend to the leader of one of our greatest adversaries.

Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington that we have to get tough because the world is in trouble. Hes correct. For eight years, the Obama administration projected weakness in the world, and the consequences have been devastating from the rise of the Islamic State, to Syrias brutal use of chemical weapons on its own people, to the spread of Iranian hegemony in the Middle East, North Koreas nuclear and missile tests, and Chinas cyberattacks on America and building of military bases on disputed islands in the South China Sea.

We do need to get tough, and Trump is doing so. He has imposed new sanctions on Iran for its illegal ballistic missile tests a sea change from Obama, who delivered pallets of unmarked foreign currency to Tehran on secret planes. And instead of just droning terrorists, like Obama did, Trump put boots on the ground, sending a special operations team to Yemen to take out al-Qaeda leaders and capturing intelligence that Obama would have vaporized.

This is all to the good. But as Trump jettisons Obamas policies of weakness, he should also banish Obamas troubling habit of treating our allies worse than our enemies and of drawing a moral equivalence between our actions and theirs.

Marc A. Thiessen writes a weekly column for The Washington Post on foreign and domestic policy.

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