My Substack Quote of the Week is from Charles Blow:
Our past presidents are incapable of leading the charge against Trump’s destruction. They are caught up in a patrician worldview bestowed by the office. They are slavishly attentive to old rules and the old ways of elite decorum and the historical trappings of the smallest club. The empire is careening towards a crash, but they remain at a safe and placid remove.
You threw me off with the link. I expected an elaboration of Blow's quote in The Hill opinion piece, but its by a different author.
I agree though, especially of Bush who has remained spectacularly silent. As for Obama, I expect little, even after Trump dehumanized Michelle/his wife. I can promise you one thing, Michelle will fire back at some point.
As for Obama and the Epstein files, don't expect much because a couple of his closest white House advisers now turn out to have been enablers of Epstein's sex trafficking network. Barack's top White House counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, had to quit her new gig at Goldman Sachs because of her relationship with Epstein - she was enabling him even as she worked with Barack. And the beat goes on!