--- title: Donald Trump Lashes Out at Barack Obama on Israel description: Donald Trump lashed out at Barack Obama, tweeting that the current president had put out "inflammatory" "statements and roadblocks." canonical: https://time.com/4618844/donald-trump-barack-obama-israel/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-28T15:37:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:08.441Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Lashes Out at President Obama for Transition 'Roadblocks' og:description: "Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!" og:url: https://time.com/4618844/donald-trump-barack-obama-israel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28b20f5ab2e3b078/6988b4190a4a22fba29cc716/donaldtrump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Lashes Out at President Obama for Transition 'Roadblocks' twitter:description: "Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28b20f5ab2e3b078/6988b4190a4a22fba29cc716/donaldtrump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Lashes Out at President Obama for Transition 'Roadblocks' > Sponsored content. 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Despite the twists and turns of the 2016 election, and the punishing defeat for his Democratic Party at the hands of Donald Trump, President Obama thinks he could have won a third term if he had run._ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 28, 2016 3:37 PM UTC  US President-elect Donald Trump addresses a 'Thank You Tour 2016' rally on December 17, 2016 in Mobile, Alabama. US President-elect Donald Trump addresses a 'Thank You Tour 2016' rally on December 17, 2016 in Mobile, Alabama. JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 28, 2016 3:37 PM UTC President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at President Barack Obama on Wednesday morning, [tweeting](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/814110460761018368) that the current president had put out “inflammatory” “statements and roadblocks.” Although the president-elect seemed ready to collaborate with Obama [early in the transition](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/us/politics/white-house-transition-obama-trump.html), he has redirected his sentiments since Obama stated in an [interview](http://time.com/4618125/barack-obama-president-third-term-hope/) that he could have won in a presidential race against Trump. The president-elect refuted that claim several times on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/813498739923054593) in recent days, and now he’s taking aim at the [U.N. resolution against Israeli settlements](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/world/middleeast/israel-settlements-un-vote.html?%5Fr=0), which the Obama administration abstained from voting on and chose not to veto. “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the U.S.,” Trump wrote, but “not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (U.N.)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/814110460761018368) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/814113616110751744) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/814114980983427073) ## Transcript [ APPLAUSE ] I am confident in this vision because I'm confident that if I had run again articulated it, I think I could have mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it I know that in conversations that I've had with people around the country even some people disagreed with me. They would say the vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one. [ APPLAUSE ] I think that Hillary Clinton performed wonderfully, under really tough circumstances. If you think you're winning, then you have a tendency, just like in sports, maybe to play it safer. In retrospect we can all be Monday morning quarterbacks. 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