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America has made its choice. Barack Obama remains president for a second term. He received the necessary number of popular votes to stay in the White House and continue his work in Washington. He received 303 popular votes. His rival Mitt Romney was supported by 206. And although this is not yet official data, the Republican has already admitted defeat and congratulated the head of state.

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1. US President Barack Obama is re-elected for a second term, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

2. America's first black president received support in most states. After a bitter race that began about two years ago and cost about two billion dollars, millions of Americans have decided for themselves whether to re-elect the Democratic president, or give preference to the Republican candidate.

3. Both candidates met with supporters throughout the day and addressed voters, at a rally in Ohio Obama acknowledged frustration with the economic situation, but said "our job is not done yet."

4. It was on the economic situation that Romney pushed, speaking in Virginia: "I ask you to vote for real change," he said.

5. Observers prepared for the candidates' close results, lawyers on both sides were ready for legal proceedings, especially in hesitant states.

6. Temporary polling stations were urgently set up on the affected east coast.

7. But in California, everything went smoothly.

8. The whole country was looking forward to the results of the elections.

9. The election results were expected not only in the United States, in this photo, for example, election night in London.

10. Obama's victory was determined by the state of Ohio, the victory in it gave him the necessary number of votes in the college of voters. At the end of a long day, the re-elected president took to the stage in Chicago with First Lady Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha. He called on the people of the United States to walk with him into the future.

America has made its choice. Barack Obama remains president for a second term. He received the necessary number of electoral votes to stay in the White House and continue his work in Washington. A real holiday reigned all evening at Obama’s campaign headquarters in Chicago, and now the scene is being dismantled. Thousands of Obama supporters came to congratulate him on his victory. It was a quick and clean victory that was immediately recognized by the Republicans.

Obama thanked everyone who supported him and promised to continue the reforms that he began as president.

“Tonight, 200 years after the former colony won the right to independently determine its own fate, the task of uniting our nation has not lost its relevance. And this unity is growing thanks to you. We are all a big American family, we are one people and we are experiencing success and falling together. Whoever you vote for, whether you put a check in front of the name Obama or Romney, you have made sure that your voice is heard, "- said Barack Obama.

In America, the electoral college is responsible for winning the presidential race. In each state, their number is different and it depends on the population. There are only 538 seats in the college, for Obama or Romney to win 270 votes. Obama scored much more.

Democrats are voted for in major cities and states along the east and west coasts of the United States. Obama took the votes of electors from Connecticut, Maine, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, from the capital Washington DC, New York, California, Iowa, and of course Obama's homeland of Hawaii.

Everyone assumed that these elections would be decided in the vacillating states, Florida, Ohio, Virginia. Obama took these three states into his piggy bank.

Obama also won in Illinois in Chicago. Obama admitted in an interview that he prepared two speeches in case of victory and in case of defeat. Apparently, the speech of the losing candidate was not needed by the now 45th US President Barack Obama.

Mitt Romney admitted defeat unconditionally. Truth. He did not appear in public immediately. The day before, he stated that he had prepared only the winner's speech, and most likely, it took him time to figure out what to say to his supporters. Apparently, therefore, his speech was short.

"Thank you! Thank you! I thank you all. I just called President Obama and congratulated him on his victory. His supporters also deserve congratulations. But above all, the President, the first lady and his daughters. America is facing serious challenges, and I I will pray that the president will succeed in ruling our nation, "said Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney also thanked his family and Republican nominee Vice President Paul Rhine from the stage for his campaigning and support. And before he, most likely forever, left not just the stage, but the political arena, the whole Romney family came into the hall and said goodbye to the supporters, many of whom had tears in their eyes. Then Romney left the headquarters, followed by those who had gathered at the headquarters. As a consolation prize, Romney and all Republicans have a majority in the US Congress, which means that Obama begins his second term in the same difficult conditions, when many of his initiatives are hampered by a majority in the House of Representatives.

Black devils in quiet Africa,

That now they live gloomily in oblivion,

Ascend the throne in this faceless world,

In 500 years there will be the first fireworks.

If we assume that Nostradamus was born at the beginning of the 16th century, according to some sources, in 1503, according to others - in 1504, then the salute in honor of Obama's inauguration will indeed sound in about 500 years. As for the black devil, Barack's father, African Barack Hussein Obama, came to the United States to study economics from Kenya, where he returned after graduating from university, leaving his one-year-old son and student wife. Isn't it a devilish act? Barack Obama Jr. himself, despite his white mother, calls himself African American and believes that his dad did the right thing. Nostradamus scholars define the "faceless world" as general globalization and a feature of the US electoral system.

The second quatrain of Nostradamus, dedicated to current events, sounds much more tragic:

The world is close to the last period.

Saturn is slowly returning.

Empire moved to the Black Nation.

The eye is ripped out by a hawk.

A slight rapprochement between the Earth and Saturn began at the end of the twentieth century, which, like the "500 years" in the first quatrain, confirms the chronological accuracy of the prediction. The victory of the black candidate Obama in the elections is just an iceberg of global processes taking place in American society, where the de facto African American population already has significantly greater rights than whites. They started talking about black racism in the United States already 20 years ago.

What kind of hawk and whose eye is ripped out, it becomes clear if you look at the American dollar. One of the symbols of the United States - a white eagle stretched out its paw to another symbol located nearby - the all-seeing eye. The explanation leads us to an economic crisis, when America the eagle itself destroyed one of the foundations of its financial system - the mortgage pyramid.

According to another interpretation, Obama himself can be called a hawk, who during the elections betrayed his faith and demonstratively stopped attending church, saying that this interferes with his election campaign. Thus, the hawk-president did not let the "eye of God" look after himself. Ancestral spirits will take revenge In 1814, the legendary leader of the Tekumze Indians died in a battle with immigrants. Obsessed with a thirst for revenge, his brother, the shaman Tenskwatava, cursed all American leaders - presidents and predicted death in office for one in four. The "death row" was opened by William Harrison, who was elected in 1840. He died a month after his inauguration. After him, every fourth president died at his post: Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. The only exception was Ronald Reagan. They shot at him, but only wounded him. Guess who is fourth after Reagan? That's right - Barack Obama. On it two curses of Tenskvatava converge at once. The shaman predicted that the rule of the invaders would not last more than two solar planetary days. One such day is equal to 99 years. Two days - 198 years. Further simple arithmetic: 1814 (the year of prediction) + 198 (two solar planetary days) = 2012. This year can be the last for both America and Obama

44th will be the last

In 1972, the so-called Eternal Book, an oracle book, was found in one of the monasteries in Bologna. Scientists believe that the author of the manuscript is a Franciscan monk, astrologer-fortuneteller Federico Martelli, nicknamed Ragno Nero (Black Spider).

Radioisotope analysis showed that Nero's manuscript was written no later than the 15th century, that is, about a century before the birth of Nostradamus. The "Eternal Book" provides a forecast of the development of our civilization up to 6323. One of the paragraphs concerns the fate of Obama: “The power on the shores of two oceans will be the strongest on Earth. They will celebrate the holiday on Thursday. It will be ruled by rulers for four years, the 44th of which will be the last. " Considering that the United States considers itself the strongest power, and the president, 44th of whom is Barack Obama, is elected by the Americans for a four-year term, everything points to the imminent collapse of the superpower.

America will freeze

After Obama's victory in the presidential election, Vanga's prophecy was in the spotlight. During her life, the Bulgarian clairvoyant said a lot. Something has already come true, something has not. So, back in 1978, she predicted: “When the black man wins, America will freeze and fall into the abyss of a major crisis. It may even split into southern and northern states. "

Wanga perfectly understood what America is, and it is impossible to interpret her words in any other way than the connection between the economic crisis and Obama's election victory. It remains to wait for the disintegration of the United States into several states, which, by the way, has long been predicted by many modern political scientists.

Political suicide bomber

Former Deputy Head of the Economic Department of the President of the Russian Federation Mikhail KHAZIN in an interview with our publishing house "predicted" the fate of OBAMA from the position of an economist:

The United States will get a crisis of the size of the Great Depression. They will start looking for the extreme. This is where Obama comes in handy. Don't you find the appearance of such a strange character for the entire previous history of the United States at all suspicious? It’s not even strange that he’s a black man. Obama's weirdness is that he is not at all rooted in the American establishment. He has a strange mother, father ... Obama, in a sense, is a character made. Someone pulled it out and moves it. The American elite is well aware that the Obama administration will most likely not wait until the end of the term. After all, she will have to make very unpopular decisions in the economy. It is pointless to put a sensible president from your circle in the White House. He still can't really do anything. We need a character who is not a pity, so that later everything can be blamed on him. The charismatic Obama will do some terrible things the elite needs. Then it will be swept away by the indignant masses. And the politicians will blame everything on him. In short, this is a political suicide bomber who must close the embrasure.

At first glance, the question of when Obama's term ends seems very simple. Every American and many citizens of other countries who have read or heard about the US Constitution know that the main occupant should not stay longer than two terms in the White House. There were exceptions, but until the American fundamental law was amended. In 2009, Barack Obama became the forty-fourth president of the United States. His term of office expires in the fall of 2016, namely in November. The question is really simple. But the answer may be more complicated.

Features of the US electoral legislation

Internal problems

The new US president inherited many unresolved problems from his predecessor, Bush Jr. The whole world condemned the practice of extrajudicial detention of prisoners on the island of Cuba at Guantanamo, where it was allegedly possible to disregard American laws and regulations. In fact, this "fig leaf" formally covered up a gross violation of not only legal, but also simple human concepts of justice. In the United States continued discrimination against the population on the basis of sex, race and other grounds. The issue of permitting abortion was also not resolved, and the standards for the use of energy resources were vague. The federal economy was far from encouraging. Health care was in need of reform.

Obama promised to solve these internal problems. The term of office did not begin easily, for the first hundred days it was necessary to report to the people and voters.

Foreign policy

Despite a brilliant military victory, Iraq did not cease to be a problem, moreover, the further, the worse things were there. A considerable contingent of troops should have been supplied with everything necessary, this entailed serious costs, and the death of soldiers caused discontent. Things were no better in Afghanistan. At the same time, the new president was not going to abandon the formulation of “an irreplaceable power” that was formed in the nineties. The entire presidency of Obama was accompanied by rants about the "exclusiveness" and "special role" of the United States, the vital interests of the country spread throughout the entire world - from the Arctic to Antarctica, along all the meridians and parallels.

How did Obama become president?

There is nothing strange about the fact that a black citizen finally became the president of the United States. America is a country inhabited by a wide variety of ethnic groups and races, all citizens are equal before the law, including Barack Hussein Obama, whose term of office began in 2009 and should end in 2016. The question is, what else, besides skin color, did he stand out from other candidates. After reading his biography, everyone can be convinced that he later graduated from the School of Rights at Harvard, his mother was white. He worked as an editor of a legal review, then as a law professor in Chicago, then was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 2000, he made his first and unsuccessful attempt to become a member of the House of Representatives, then a US Senator (successfully). Participated in the writing of various laws. And that's all. He became President of a country considered to be the world's economic and military leader. The first and then the second term of Obama's presidency was not marked by any breakthroughs in foreign or domestic policy. The usual routine struggle for global hegemony. And in terms of personal charm, he is far from Ji FK, with whom he unobtrusively tries to associate his image.

Obama's rival

There are two main parties in the United States. The Republican nominee was J. McCain, a Vietnam War veteran, a Phantom pilot who was shot down by a Soviet rocket crew and spent about five years in captivity. This hero (in American terms), Russophobe and "hawk" was opposed by Barack Obama. McCain's term could be marked by a much tougher foreign policy course towards both the Middle East countries and Russia. The militant supporter of American world global domination is irritated by the independent course of any country that does not want to move in the wake of the United States. The former pilot did not have enough to win. The difference between the Obama and McCain supporters was only eight percent.

Crisis President

Obama’s terms were not very successful. The dates of taking office for the first and second terms are in the chronological framework of the large-scale world economic crisis. The legacy inherited from their predecessors could not please the new owner of the White House: huge amounts of external and internal debt, stagnant industry, practically uncontrolled emission of Federal Reserve banks, falling purchasing power of the dollar. The forecasts also did not comfort: the global crisis by itself and quickly is unlikely to end, it is predicted to last for ten or even twenty years. The situation has not improved over the years of the presidency. The proportion of Americans living in poverty and below the poverty line has reached an alarming 15% of the country's total population. It is surprising how Obama managed to maintain his popularity. A second term in office, which began in 2012, was the result of defeating Republican Romney, an even weaker candidate, with a smaller electoral gap than McCain's (less than four percent).

Military successes

The first black president in history has had occasion to declare in a well-placed voice the world military leadership of the United States many times. Such performances were especially successful in military schools like Westpoint. Justification for the huge and unprecedented defense spending (which has exceeded $ 700 billion and continues to grow) must be sought by President Obama. The term of office is marked by a further increase in the budgetary burden on the maintenance of the Pentagon, which, given the declared victory in the Cold War, requires clarification. However, the apparent setbacks in Afghanistan and Iraq have raised a number of cost-effectiveness questions. Obama Barack can boast of only a few military victories. His term coincided with the so-called "Arab Spring", during which several revolutions took place in the Middle East, rather resembling well-planned coup d'état attempts. In Libya, Gaddafi was overthrown and physically eliminated. Bin Laden, who apparently knew a lot, was killed just as hastily. It didn't work out with Syria ...

Syria

The failed attempt to change the ruling regime in the Syrian Arab Republic became a kind of indicator of Russia's growing influence in the international arena. The activities of the diplomatic corps were of great importance, but no less influenced the intentions to use military force, the timely delivery of coastal defensive complexes to this country. Another gamble could have cost too much, and the "liberation campaign" did not take place. Obama Barack is used to solving problems with small losses on foreign territory, and best of all with local forces. The terms of the government and their results remain on the pages of history, which it is better to enter than to plunge into. Having made this tactical concession, the American administration, however, was not going to surrender its strategic positions.

Another revolution, shale

At the beginning of the third millennium, humanity faced a full-scale energy crisis. It is not that less hydrocarbon production has begun, but some “wrong” countries have been engaged in this. After the victory in the Cold War, a significant part of American politicians was convinced that the defeated should be treated accordingly, that is, dictated to them onerous terms and freely dispose of their property. However, with Russia, this scenario failed at some stage. It was not possible to resolve the contradiction between desire and capabilities in a military way, and economic methods were used. It makes no sense to go into the technical details of mining, but the essence of the technique was to release a large amount of it on the market in order to reduce the price. However, the cost price, including delivery, seemed too high to European consumers.

Support for Ukrainian democracy

So, the general alignment is as follows: the second term of Obama’s administration expires, and numerous problems have not been resolved. Health care reform has failed, the war in the Middle East continues, and Europe relies heavily on Russian gas. The last circumstance seemed to the American president to be remedied. Gas is a flammable substance, and in order to transport goods it became more difficult, a fire should be set up along its route. And it, as if by accident, but very timely, flared up in Ukraine. In fact, they did not even hide their support for the rebels in the United States - every taxpayer has the right to know what his money is spent on. Some of them went to support the democratic processes in Ukraine with the aim of ... well, we know which one. Obama's term has been marked by spending $ 5 billion to support the opposition in this country alone. And also money was spent in other states of the former USSR ...

The notorious amendment

It has number 22 and was adopted in 1947 (ratification took place in 1951). Prior to that, the duration of the presidency in the United States was regulated only by moral and ethical norms and the desire in everything to resemble Washington, which once decided that two terms would be enough for it. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times and held office until his death, but then there was a war. And what if a person with tyrannical and dictatorial inclinations comes to power? After the entry into force of the 22nd amendment to the Constitution, this norm became mandatory. According to her, the end of Obama's term falls on the fall of 2016. He becomes a lame duck, and many of his endeavors have a vague prospect of implementation. However, what some people have approved, others, in principle, can cancel.

How do you repeal the 22nd Amendment?

Some have already thought about the abolition of this restrictive legislative norm.For example, Ronald Reagan took this high post, being its adherent, but later changed his opinion, and even considered it fundamentally wrong. According to some reports, the idea of ​​canceling it in 2013 came to Barak's head, at least with the Attorney General, he discussed the legal aspects of such a possibility. Democratic Congressman Jose Serrano supported the idea and introduced a bill to regulate the process. He promises to be not very problematic, because if three-quarters of the states ratify this "amendment of the amendment", then it will pass even before the moment when Obama's term ends. In 26 out of 50 subjects of the federal state, representatives of the Republican Party play a leading role, and one can count on the support of the Democrats.

Will Obama run for a third term?

In 2009, despite the belligerent rhetoric that characterizes many of his speeches, Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. The prestige of this international recognition of merits in various fields of human activity is very dubious, but the title of laureate still obliges a lot, albeit in advance. However, there is too little time left to make any fateful decisions. Obama's term expires soon. Will they try to stay in the White House for another four years? And will he be able to do something useful for America and all mankind during this time? We have to find out in the near future.

Barack Obama is the most atypical politician in the whole world, who broke many conventions due to his cold mind. The 44th President of the United States, who became the first black head of state in the history of the country. 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Childhood and youth

Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4, 1961 in the Hawaiian Islands, in sunny Honolulu, to a couple of young students, Kenyan Barack Obama Sr. and American Stanley Ann Dunham, who were married against the will of their parents shortly before the birth of the future American president. While the young parents were getting their education, little Barack was raised by Madeleine Lee Payne Dunham's maternal grandmother.

In 1964, the parents of the still young Obama divorced, so the boy was left without his father's attention and support. In 1967, Barak's mother remarried to Indonesian Lolo Sutoro, and the family moved to Jakarta, where Barak's younger sister Maya was born. In his stepfather's homeland, the boy entered the local comprehensive school, but at the end of the 4th grade, Barack was returned to his grandmother's education in Honolulu. In Hawaii, the future head of the United States received a complete secondary education at the prestigious Panehou private school. V school years Barack was fond of basketball and even won the state championship with the team.

Childhood and school years Barack Obama described in his autobiographical book "Dreams of my father", on the pages of which he admitted that in his youth he was subjected to a moral decline, taking alcohol, using cocaine and smoking marijuana, but stopped in time, received higher education and reached heights in politics.

After graduating from high school, Barack moved to Los Angeles, where he entered Western College, and after a while he transferred to Columbia University in New York at the Faculty of International Relations. The economic center of the United States and became the starting point in the career of the future American president. Prior to graduation, he already worked at the New York Research Center and International Business Corporation.

After receiving his bachelor's degree, Barak decided to expand his knowledge in the field of jurisdiction. In 1988, he moved to Chicago and enrolled in Harvard Law School, and in addition to his law studies, he served as editor of the university newspaper Harvard Law Review, becoming the first ever African American editor.

In 1991, Barack Obama received his doctorate in law with honors (magna cum laude), after which he took up legal practice, defending the rights of "victims" of discrimination in court. In addition, the 44th President of the United States has pedagogical experience, as he taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago for 10 years.

Career and political activities

Barack Obama's career as a politician began in 1997 in Illinois, where he served as a senator until 2004, representing the interests of the US Democratic Party. The main political doctrine of the future head of the United States at that time was the support of low-income families, the withdrawal of American troops from Iran, the development of preschool education, and tightening control over the work of the country's investigative bodies. Obama earned popularity and support from Americans thanks to a vivid fight against racial discrimination and support for the development of general health insurance.

Since 2004, Obama entered the first election race for a seat in the US Senate and after his main rival Jack Ryan withdrew his candidacy due to scandalous accusations, he won the primaries, having won a convincing victory over six opponents.

In 2005, after entering the US Senate, Barack Obama was included in several committees at once, namely, he was connected to solving issues related to public works, environmental problems, international relations and veterans' affairs. During that period, Obama visited Russia for the first time, where he discussed issues related to the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The new US Senator quickly won the sympathy of the press and became one of the most important political figures in Washington. In the fall of 2006, there was no longer any doubt in society or among the population that the "favorite" of the Democratic Party would participate in the 2008 US presidential elections and become the next head of the American state.

These assumptions were confirmed - in 2007, Obama officially announced his entry into the presidential race and began preparing his election program. He emphasized the political and economic issues of the country, as well as the support of the low-income segments of the American population, which was supported by the majority of US residents. Then, in support of his presidential campaign, $ 58 million was raised, a third of which was donated by ordinary people. Thanks to this, the future US president gave up budget funding for his campaign and confidently outstripped his opponents in the Yes We Can presidential race.

Despite the candidate's popularity, the election campaign was not without excesses. One of Barak's promises was the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, but in the process of communicating with the electorate, the senator made a mistake, calling the wasted lives of American soldiers involved in military operations in the Middle East a mistake. Obama paid for this statement by lowering his rating, which had to be restored with explanations of his point of view and numerous apologies.

Despite being African American, influential members of this minority were slow to support the candidate. On the father's side, Obama did not belong to the descendants of oppressed slaves; Barak Sr. was a visiting student from what is now Kenya. The information that appeared in the press about the ancestors of the senator's mother, some of whom turned out to be slave owners, also caused bewilderment.

Ultimately, Obama won the US presidential election and became the first black politician to occupy the Oval Hall of the White House. He won 51% of the popular vote and received the support of over 300 electors.

Barack Obama's first presidential term was far from cloudless. America inherited the new chapter in a deplorable state: the country experienced the worst financial condition since the 1930s and political instability. But " people's president”Did not stop such difficulties, and he plunged headlong into the fulfillment of the tasks of his election campaign to bring the state to the leading positions in the world rating.

A year after the elections, the head of state was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the field of "strengthening international diplomacy and cooperation between people." It is assumed that Obama received the award for creating the prerequisites for reducing nuclear weapons. Previously, the prize was awarded to his predecessors and.

Obama's achievements during the first term of the US presidency are significant - he carried out a number of economic and political reforms, allocating $ 787 billion for this. Contributions to the president's domestic policy include reforming the country's healthcare system, thanks to which, by 2014, 95% of the US population was provided with health insurance ... In addition, the US President completed his military mission in Iraq, withdrawing the last US combat unit from the territory of this republic in 2010. In 2011, the next decision in Obama's foreign policy was the participation of the American army in the NATO intervention in Libya.

Approaching the next presidential elections in 2012, Barak announced his intention to continue to rule the country and put forward his candidacy, starting to raise funds for the election campaign. At that time, the budget deficit in the country continued to be the main problem for the United States, but Obama assured voters that an anti-crisis bill was in the works and the full scope of its implementation had yet to be implemented.

According to Western media reports, this time Obama managed to raise a record sum for the election campaign in the amount of $ 934 million, of which $ 200 million was spent on maintaining the campaign headquarters. The "enthusiasm" of voters in comparison with 2008 has significantly faded, but the precise work of the "electoral machine" helped Obama again win the presidential race and outstrip his opponent, Republican Mitt Romney.

From the very beginning, the second term of Barack Obama was full of negative events, in connection with which there was talk in society about the "curse of the second term", since the black ruler became the next first president, whose second term was much worse than the first. Interestingly, even on the eve of his re-entry into office, Barack Obama began to rapidly lose kilograms and, with an increase of 185 cm, lost 13 kg. His weight reached 78 kg. Later, the state of health of the head of state stabilized.

During this period, Obama faced unforeseen issues related to the problematic launch of health care reform, the situation around the chemical attack in Syria, journalistic harassment, tax policy and other problems in the country. Then Obama's rating began to steadily decline, and in six months of his second presidential term, Barack lost 12% of his supporters, and since 2014, more than half of Americans have not supported the political course of the American head.

The Obama presidency and the situation in Ukraine, in which, according to the US administration, Russia tried to encroach on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a neighboring state, did not escape.

According to the US President, his task was not to supply weapons to Ukraine and incite war, but to diplomatically resolve the conflict and end the bloodshed. To this end, shortly after the signing of the "Act to Support Freedom in Ukraine," Obama adopted a law on the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which, according to the American authorities, was supposed to influence the policy of the Russian President and, accordingly, provide additional assistance to Ukraine.

Personal life

Barack Obama's personal life is crystal clear and pure. The 44th President of the United States does not hide from society his wife Michelle Lavon Robinson, with whom he has been married for many years. Unlike a spouse who has royal roots, she is a descendant of black slaves, but this did not prevent her from becoming the first lady of the United States and with dignity fulfilling the duties corresponding to the status received.

Barack and Michelle Obama met back in 1989, at the dawn of the legal career of the future president of the United States. We have experienced, like most young married couples, “gray” family life, quarrels, lack of money and other typical problems of the average family, which sometimes even led to the decision to divorce. However, love for each other and caring for their daughters made it possible to preserve the marriage, and the spouses overcame all difficulties hand in hand and won the title of the most ideal married couple in the serious world of politics.

In 1998, Michelle gave her husband her first daughter Malia Ann, and 3 years later, in 2001, Barack Obama became a father for the second time - his wife gave birth to his second daughter Natasha. The President of the United States is known for his reverent attitude not only to his daughters, but to all children. He is involved in the upbringing and life of Malia Ann and Natasha, and also initiates a number of public events for children in the country.

Despite the impeccability of Michelle's image and the absence of scandalous intrigues in Barack's biography, according to Western sources close to the White House, at one time the Obama family was on the verge of divorce. According to American journalists, a difficult and strained relationship was established between the spouses, and they remained together only because of Obama's children and political career.

There was information that the conflict between the spouses occurred because of the American chapter at a memorial service for the ex-leader of South Africa, at which Barak had fun with his colleagues and took a selfie with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. This fact has no official confirmation, and the Obamas continue to demonstrate an ideal relationship and show mutual love.

In addition to his main activity, the 44th President of the United States is a member of 16 Internet services and one of the most popular bloggers in the world. Barack Obama's hobby should also include writing books - in the collection of the writer there are already 2 published bestsellers, an autobiography "Dreams of my father" and political reflections "Insolence of Hopes".

Barack Obama now

After the end of the second presidential term and the transfer of powers to the new head of state, Barak decided to pause in political and public activities. Together with his family, he spent some time in the British Virgin Islands and the island of Tetiaroa, where he soon began writing an autobiography.

Barak claims he misses the team that worked under him during his presidential term. Now Obama can afford a measured life with his family, which he was deprived of from 2009 to 2017. Nevertheless, the politician continued to meet with the electorate, participating in the support of candidates from the Democratic Party in the elections to the US Senate. Photos from the politician's speeches are included in the news feed of his personal Instagram.

In 2018, Obama's wife, Michelle, also made a name for herself. She became the author of the memoir "Becoming", which was recognized as the best selling book of the year. The work was published in the countries of North America and Europe.

Now the married couple is preparing another autobiography for the release, on which they will work together. The advance received by the spouses under the contract is $ 60 million. Also, Barack and Michelle entered into an agreement with the Netflix film studio to create a full-length documentary and feature films. Soon, Obama plans to film The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis.

Awards

• 2009 - Order of King Abdelaziz with chain
• 2009 - Nobel Peace Prize
• 2014 - Order of the Shikatuna with the Grand Chain
• 2013 - Presidential Medal with Distinction
• 2017 - Medal of the Ministry of Defense "For Outstanding Civil Service"
• 2018 - Fellow of the American Philosophical Society
• 2018 - Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences