Obama drama

I'm beginning to feel sorry for Barack Obama who, not that long ago, was President of the United States of America. In fact, exactly seven weeks ago. Then off he went and was seen next kite-surfing in some exotic location without a care in the world. There's only one thing better than being President of the USA, it seems, is being the ex-President of the USA with time on your hands. Well, fair enough, eight years of being in the world spotlight 24 hours a day, a guy deserves a break. But now it's all going terribly wrong. Obama is the only president - obviously -  who has had the misfortune of being succeeded by Donald J Trump, and the Donald appears determined to unravel, destroy, turn into mincemeat everything that his predecessor did or tried to do. His so-called "legacy" achievements are being ditched, nay, spat upon from a great height by Trump who couldn't care less about treating his predecessor with honour and generosity. Obamacare is finished. OK, it was always too expensive and complicated and there's something distinctly un-American about forcing people to pay a penalty if they don't sign up to Barack's health-care reforms. But the guy had a good go at doing what no previous president had achieved. He got his health reforms through Congress and past the Supreme Court when critics claimed it was unconstitutional. Now Trump and the Republican Party are putting all their efforts into repealing Obamacare and inserting their own complicated insurance/tax credits/heaven knows what scheme which will probably be just as expensive and restrictive. No one in the US wants a national health system modelled on the UK version. Oh my goodness, no. The NHS is Communism by anther name in the view of a lot of Americans. Now we have Trumpcare. But I doubt his ideas will be the answer to everyone's dreams in America. Basically, the country is split between those who desperately need health/social care and those who believe they are never going to be ill and therefore refuse to pay for other people's diseases and health disasters. Anyway, Obamacare is out of the window before Barack has climbed off his surf board. What next? The nuclear deal with Iran? Judging by the excessive aggression shown by the Iranian Republican Guard in the Gulf and elsewhere, they've already decided that Trump is going to tear up the deal, so it's  back to "America is Satan, down with the evil empire". All that intricate diplomacy could just be thrown away! I sincerely hope not, and that Trump will come to his senses. But he ain't worried about hurting Obama's feelings. Tweeting that Obama was responsible for authorising the bugging of Trump Tower during the election was his coup de grace. It got everyone topsy-turvy. Poor Obama, just when he was settling down to a new quiet life, he finds himself at the heart of a big-time investigation. I doubt there will be any more kite-surfing in the foreseeable future. Obama would be wise to keep his head down and hope Trump goes away.