'Laughing stock, conman': Oral history interviews reveal what Obama admin thought of Trump

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION COMPILED BY THEY REVEAL HOW LITTLE THE OBAMA TEAM THOUGHT OF DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN CHANCES. LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS AT THE time they thought he was a joke, a quote clown, a laughing stock, a con man. But as it turned out, Peter Baker writes, Mr.. Obama and his advisors like many others miss the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately upend Mr. . Axelrod's assumptions. Joining us, New York Times chief White House correspondent and MSNOW contributor Peter Baker, smartest ma ...