The former president told a private audience in Singapore that women are "indisputably" better than men.
“I’m absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything ... living standards and outcomes,” Obama said at a private leadership event in Singapore, according to the BBC.Asked to address his own mindset about reentering politics, Obama replied, per the BBC, that leaders ― often men ― needed to know when it’s time to step aside.
“If you look at the world and look at the problems, it’s usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way,” he said. Obama also discussed problem-solving in his White House, joking about the chain of command when people under him couldn’t offer solutions, The Straits Times reported. “We had the expression ― and I believe you would have an equivalent here ― that poop does not roll downhill in the White House, it rolls uphill ... to me,” he said to laughter at the Singapore Expo.Washington Post Reports U.S. Officials Lied About Afghanistan War ProgressMitch McConnell Brags About Blocking Obama For 2 Years, Then Laughs About ItThis article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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