{"id":16446,"date":"2026-06-18T14:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16446"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:40:29","slug":"obama-institutions-dealing-with-trump-have-fallen-victim-to-everything-is-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16446","title":{"rendered":"Obama: Institutions dealing with Trump \u2018have fallen victim\u2019 to \u2018everything is about money\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/98.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/98.png 759w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/98-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on Tuesday accused institutions working with President Trump of having \u201cfallen victim\u201d to the notion that \u201ceverything is about money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got a set of institutions that have fallen victim to the siren song of \u2018everything is about money, and everything is about attention, and everything is about fame, and everything is about getting over,&#8217;\u201d Obama said. \u201cBut meanwhile, there are just a lot of people out here doing the right thing and raising their families and taking care of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He praised the ethics of the former first lady\u2019s parents, who both have parts of the center dedicated to them. Obama said his in-laws represent to him \u201cwhat\u2019s best about this country and what\u2019s best about our values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople who aren\u2019t trying to get every last nickel and aren\u2019t cutting corners when it comes to values and treat people high and low with respect and kindness and handle their business, just salt of the earth, bedrock people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump admin communications on Epstein Files face judge&#8217;s order for faster release | THE GAVEL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 44th president has long been critical of his successor, though at times they have appeared cordial on the rare occasions that they have been seen together. He told The New Yorker last month that he has been selective in critiquing Trump and that continuously doing so would leave him as a \u201ccommentator\u201d instead of a political leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd, I think, when they do see me, then the sense is, \u2018Well, why isn\u2019t he doing that every day instead of just during a midterm election, or during a referendum campaign around gerrymandering, or what have you?&#8217;\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But his remarks about institutions harken back to the start of Trump\u2019s second term, when some Democrats accused tech business leaders of being part of an oligarchy cozy to the incoming administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Biden, Obama\u2019s two-term vice president, echoed this by warning of \u201can oligarchy \u2026 taking shape in America.\u201d Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who launched a multicity circuit last year dubbed the \u201cFighting Oligarchy Tour,\u201d made a similar warning in an interview on NBC News\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think [the American people] understand very well, when the top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent, when big money interests are able to control both political parties, they are living in an oligarchy,\u201d Sanders told host Kristen Welker at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other Democrats, however, disagree. Sen. 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