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Obama, Trump press conferences revealing

In this photo taken Jan. 18, 2017, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
In this photo taken Jan. 18, 2017, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais AP

There were two presidential news conferences televised recently, the last for one individual and the first for another.

Class, compassion, honesty, respectfulness, humility, fairness, honor, composure, civility, intelligence and sincerity dictated one of the gatherings.

Pettiness, meanness, childishness, anger, pomposity, resentfulness, vindictiveness, dishonesty, rancor and spite dominated the other.

Which exemplifies the type of president you want leading our great nation?

Bob Kushner

Bradenton

This story was originally published January 21, 2017 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Obama, Trump press conferences revealing."

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