The criticism of Obama, a book and a column of a senior official in The New York Times, could contribute to changing the political landscape for Trump in the upcoming elections to Congress

The speech of former President Barack Obama, given at the University of Urbana, Illinois, after receiving an award for his ethics of Government, would be a factor that could influence the Democratic electorate. Since it could influence to vote massively in the legislative elections on November 6 and gain ground to Republicans. These were some of his words:

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"What has happened to the Republican Party? Their fundamental principle in foreign policy was to fight against communism, and now they are making friends with the former head of the KGB! " Obama said, referring to the sympathy between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite government accusations to the Kremlin, which interfered in his presidential elections.

On Trump's policy of resentment and hatred, he said: "I do not intend to communicate with Abraham Lincoln, but this is not what we had in mind when we helped create the Republican Party. It's not conservative, it's certainly not normal, it's radical. "

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He also questioned the Republican Party for not speaking out against the criticism Trump has made against the Justice Department for its prosecutions of Republican Party politicians, something that for Trump, seeks to harm them in the face of the elections. Also, for the investigations initiated on the Russian interference. "It should not be a partisan issue that we do not put pressure on the attorney general or the FBI," Obama said.

Today I’m at the University of Illinois to deliver a simple message to young people all over the country: You need to vote, because our democracy depends on it. I hope you'll tune in at 11am CT: https://t.co/34WjNaVAcU

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) 7 de septiembre de 2018

The opinion column and the book that reveals the weaknesses of the Trump government

The opinion column was written by a top Trump administration official, published anonymously by The New York Times, and the book "Fear" by Bob Woodward, associate editor of The Washington Post, reveal the weaknesses in Donald Trump's governance. Which would give the Democratic voters a reason to vote massively and express their disapproval to the Trump government in the November 6 legislative elections.

"The book and the column outline a collective portrait that suggests that Trump is not entirely in charge of the White House, where he is surrounded by advisors who consider him so volatile and temperamental that documents disappear from his desk in the hope of preventing him from issuing orders hasty, " highlights The New York Times.

"Although he was elected as a Republican, the president shows a little affinity towards the ideals adopted long ago by the conservatives: freedom of thought, freedom of the market and free people. In the best of cases, he has invoked those ideals in controlled environments; at worst, he has attacked them directly, " says the anonymous official of President Trump in his column. In addition, he adds that " meetings with him derail and get out of the issue, he gets involved in repetitive diatribes and his impulsiveness derives from half-baked decisions, misinformed and at times imprudent, from which he later has to retract".

To the events named, it is added that in the next legislative elections, according to surveys of Real Clear Politics organized by Univision, the Democratic Party would win the House of Representatives with 201 votes to the Republican Party that would get 192 and tie in the Senate. Changing the political landscape to Donald Trump, which would mean a possible blow to the development of future policies of his government.

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Translated from: 'Elecciones al Congreso en EEUU: ¿un posible golpe para Trump?'