A President’s MemoryTo the Editor:After having read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s review of Barack Obama’s new memoir, “A Promised Land” (Nov. 29), I have a slightly different take on the former president’s motives. My read is that he is responding to President Trump’s policies — that is, the past is discussed with an eye toward challenging Trump. It seems less than a completely honest or full explanation of Obama’s years in the White House since he seems to be getting even with Trump. My best example is President Obama’s interaction with Defense Secretary Robert Gates about foreign policy. It is gratuitous, but it does seem like an implicit slap at Trump and his disregard for America’s global relationships.

Source: New York Times December 11, 2020 20:37 UTC