President Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, January 27, 2026. Tom Williams/ZUMA

Amid multiple national crises, President Donald Trump spent Thursday morning posting—not for the first time—about how his predecessor Barack Obama should be arrested, and how Georgia election workers should be prosecuted, in both cases citing unsubstantiated claims. 

Trump’s fixations on going after Obama and Georgia aren’t new, but they now come at a moment of intense backlash across the country........

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