Dubya sensibly retreated into the sidings, understanding that the job is difficult enough without the previous incumbent making it even harder.
Obama, by contrast, seems intent on making the transition to a Trump administration as poisonous and unhelpful as he possibly can.
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Why?
Obama hates Trump and everything he stands for, and knows that Trump will get rid of, or radically change, most of his signature policies – from Obamacare to the Iran nuclear deal.
That will potentially wreck his legacy.
So the stakes for Obama personally are very high right now.
Hence the highly unusual, frantic series of New Year tweets stating precisely why he has been so successful.
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