Democratic institutions in the United States and around the world have grown “creaky,” former President Barack Obama warned in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday, and it remains incumbent on American leaders to find ways to sustain them into the future.

He told CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour that the federal indictment of his successor Donald Trump is evidence the rule of law still reigns – for now – in the United States.

And he said the western effort to ensure Ukraine’s sovereignty is vital toward the long-term protection of democracy.

But Obama said there were still signs democratic norms are being eroded. And he warned economic and social inequities would only make it harder to sustain healthy democracies moving forward.

[From the schmuck whose administration did more to destroy said “rule of law” than any in recent history. The nerve of this weasel. ~ Beege]