Barack Obama: The End Of An Era

Donald Trump will be sworn in on Friday, January 20, 2017 as the 45^th President of the United States when current President Barack Obama's term expires.

Obama’s Democratic Party lost power to the Republicans. After two terms, Obama’s legacy is a mixed one. With appreciable efforts to straighten the economy, he leaves power with the world’s major trouble spots set to continue despite earlier promises to contain terrorism.

Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States of America. He first swept to power on November 5, 2008, with his “Yes, we can!” campaign slogan, winning a re-election bid in 2012. On February 10, 2007, Obama formally announced his candidacy for US Presidency. A victory in the Iowa primary made him a viable challenger to the early frontrunner, former Fi...