RantCrush Top 5: December 27, 2016

In an interview with his former adviser, David Axelrod, President Obama said he’s confident he would have won if he had run for a third term. In an episode of Axelrod’s podcast “The Axe Files,” that was released yesterday, Obama said he believes he could have mobilized a majority of Americans.

“I know that in conversations that I’ve had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say the vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one,” he said. And although it was merely hypothetical, since a president cannot run for a third term, Trump felt the need to protest on Twitter:

President Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me. He should say that but I say NO WAY! – jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 26, 2016

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.