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Letters: Obama’s treatment of Trump is shameful

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in November. It’s been downhill since then.
President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in November. It’s been downhill since then. AP

Departing President George W. Bush treated President-elect Barack Obama with full courtesy and kept mum on differences with Mr. Obama. Why is President Obama petulantly refusing to treat President-elect Donald Trump the same graceful way?

I don’t agree with Mr. Obama’s policies, but I would never treat him the way he does the president elect.

The way President Obama seeks to sabotage the Trump government shows that while he is a tall man, he’s really quite small. It makes me more honored to have voted for the Donald.

Daniel House

West Columbia

This story was originally published January 4, 2017 at 5:48 PM with the headline "Letters: Obama’s treatment of Trump is shameful."

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