“I know that seems like a low bar.”
On Friday, former President Barack Obama gave a speech during the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but those in attendance were told to keep his remarks off-the-record and not to post about his speech on social media.
Reason Magazine, however, was able to get an audio recording of Obama’s speech that, among other things, was reflective of his presidency.
In a veiled shot at President Donald Trump and the workers inside the White House, Obama said he didn’t have scandals that embarrassed the West Wing.“We didn’t have a scandal that embarrassed us,” he said. “I know that seems like a low bar.”
“Generally speaking, you didn’t hear about a lot of drama inside our White House,” he added.
Obama further stated he thinks the stereotype of government workers being lazy was not true.
“At least at the top levels of the federal government, people work harder than in the private sector,” he said.
“When I came out of the White House, everything looked like it was in slow motion. I felt like I was Neo in ‘The Matrix.’ Our folks were putting in 80-hour work weeks and barely getting vacations and under unimaginable pressure.”
