Obama: Institutions dealing with Trump ‘have fallen victim’ to ‘everything is about money’

Former President Obama on Tuesday accused institutions working with President Trump of having “fallen victim” to the notion that “everything is about money.”

The former president, along with former first lady Michelle Obama, spoke before the opening ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. He then moved on to his criticism of institutions, without using Trump’s name.

“We’ve got a set of institutions that have fallen victim to the siren song of ‘everything is about money, and everything is about attention, and everything is about fame, and everything is about getting over,'” Obama said. “But meanwhile, there are just a lot of people out here doing the right thing and raising their families and taking care of people.”

He praised the ethics of the former first lady’s parents, who both have parts of the center dedicated to them. Obama said his in-laws represent to him “what’s best about this country and what’s best about our values.”

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