Without mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former President Barack Obama napalmed the division between leaders by saying the United States is not progressing because of "hate, anger, racism, mommy issues," NBC News reported Tuesday.
Obama's comments came at Monday's Obama Foundation Summit as he urged people to "remake the world right now," because it "badly needs remaking," according to the report.
Obama, in a break from other past presidents' long held position to withhold criticism of the administration that replaced them, ripped the U.S. for not progressing "because we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism, mommy issues," per NBC.
Obama's comments come as President Donald Trump frequently rails on the past administration's shortcomings on North Korea, slow economic growth, immigration, and business-killing policy.
"We are fraught with stuff, and so if that is the case, then the single most important thing we have to invest in is ... people," Obama told his summit, NBC reported. "We have got to get people to figure out how they work together in a cooperative, thoughtful, constructive way."
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