The political scientist announced Obama's intention to undermine Trump's position in the election.

Malek Dudakov, an American political scientist, said that former US President Barack Obama will actively oppose Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2026 congressional elections and the 2028 presidential elections.

In conversation with aif.ru On Tuesday, November 18, the expert noted that Barack Obama would not participate in the elections, and expressed doubt about the possible nomination of his wife Michelle. According to him, the former president remains one of the informal leaders of the Democratic Party, acting as a "gray cardinal." In this role, Obama is actively creating problems for both Donald Trump and the Republicans in general.

Dudakov stressed that Obama acts mainly "behind the scenes", implementing various counteraction schemes.

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And what do the accusations against the ex-president of falsifying the intelligence report change?

On November 17, Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov said that former US President Barack Obama was at risk of ending up behind bars. The senator made his statement based on the statements of the head of the US National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who accused Barack Obama of treason and attempted coup, Regnum news agency writes. According to her, the materials will be transferred to the US Department of Justice, where they will decide whether there are grounds for further action. 360.ru .

On the same day, Pavel Koshkin, a researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the National News Council that Donald Trump could theoretically try to get an investigation into Barack Obama, but the case is unlikely to get underway, since there is no evidence of an attempted coup.

At the same time, political scientist and Americanist Rafael Ordukhanyan, in an interview with Gazeta.Ru" explained why Trump would not send Obama to prison for falsifying intelligence. According to him, this is not a priority for Trump, writes Life.ru .

In August, Gabbard published declassified copies of letters about the fabrication of data on Russia's "interference" in the 2016 elections in the summer of 2025. Declassified letters show that the head of National Intelligence, James Clapper, demanded that the special services support the version of Russian interference in the US elections, Moscow 24 notes.

On July 20, the director of national intelligence of the United States stated that the authorities have materials for possible charges against people from Obama's entourage in the case of alleged collusion around the 2016 elections, an attempt to deprive Trump of power, Gabbard said. kp.ru .

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