Former President Barack Obama suggested on Monday that “mommy issues” are holding America back.
Former President Barack Obama suggested on Monday that "mommy issues" are holding America back, reports the Kansas City Star. During a speech at the Obama Foundation Summit, he addressed the country's lack of progress on important matters including education and climate change. He then commented: "The reason we don't do it is because we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism, mommy issues." "We are fraught with stuff, and so if that is the case, then the single most important thing we have to invest in is...people," Obama further noted. "We have got to get people to figure out how they work together in a cooperative, thoughtful, constructive way." In a later discussion with author Dave Eggers, the former president said he still believes that if given the choice of a place and time to live, people would pick the United States.
He added: "You'd choose now – or maybe two years ago."
