There is a failure of peaceful transition between administrations in the US and we have the Russia Collusion case to thank for the jeopardy.

But the outcome of this case, an enigma now, may not bode well for Barrack Obama’s legacy.

Instead of a smooth transition between Obama, the first African-American president, and Donald J. Trump, the current president, we have had investigations stemming from a "potential" Russia Collusion in the 2016 election to aid the Trump campaign.

It is useless to blame Trump for the political turbulence that is taking place now. But it is a teachable moment to reflect on what started this coup attempt.

Unfortunate for Obama, this Russia Collusion hoax may turn out to be his permanent Waterloo moment in history.

Obama’s presidency, as the first Black Chief Executive of America, sad to say, has been used as a tool for an obtuse ideological warfare.

For almost three years this war has been waging, with the Russia Collusion as the excuse. And for all this time, Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation team has found no evidence of the charge.

But the investigation is still ongoing.

What is unfolding after Mueller is a ramp up attempt to impeach Trump in the House of Congress, where Democrats hold the majority.

The new attempt is based on a tale of “quid for quo” in Ukraine by a “whistleblower;” in reality, an effort to finish off what the Mueller team failed to do - a coup attempt to unseat a US President for the first time in history.

The above view will leave Obama’s legacy in a very unsavory place in history, since it was his administration and its affiliates that sowed the seeds for the false charge.

The result, to finally topple Trump or not, will, however, depend on the political subtleties of the moment.

For many Trump’s adversaries the drive to finish off Trump, and to change the result of the 2016 election, will end in a successful impeachment by the majority Democrat House; and then the case moved for trial in the Senate, where Republicans are in the majority and is predicted to end in failure.

Ironically, the charge of impeachment is yet to be justified.

But already documented is the fever among Democrats to impeach Trump, which started the moment he was elected; and not instituted by any act he committed while in office.

Trump, the presumed idiot and racist, is not fit for the office, Democrats say. Still, in spite of the heavy opposition and the skepticism, he has done well to date.

He has exposed flaws in US domestic governance and foreign relations; more so than any of his predecessors in the past 50 years.

He has uncovered FISA abuses and wiretappings by the FBI on his political campaign.

Funded Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) like never before.

Pushed the American economy to record heights. (Black unemployment rate is at a record low.)

Rearranged NAFTA into a more meaningful deal acceptable by Mexico and Canada (USMCA).

Gotten deadbeat NATO members to pay more on defense.

Made North Korea quiet in the Pacific region, while at the same time forcing China to play fair in world trade.

So much for the work of a presumed idiot and a racist!

But for Trump’s adversaries, Obama’s historic evolvement has been seized for something else; useful as a weapon in their war against beliefs that they presume Trump and others represent.

The idea out there is that Obama's presidency was targeted early as useful for the pursuit of certain liberal ideological gains; this stratagem being the work of uncaring ideologues, probably racists, who had disdain for black political power and had always considered it manageable or disposable.

No surprise here. There never was a time when a civil rights’ gain by Blacks had not been co-opted for use by liberals; always ousting the black dream for their own.

The signs came in early with the Nobel Peace Prize award; a prize meaningful only if it were identical to the excellent work for which it was awarded.

For Obama’s, only months in office, the prize was based on hope. He is yet to put anything significant on the board for history.

Nelson Mandela earned the Nobel Prize (1993) for standing up against apartheid in South Africa and for supervising a peaceful, bloodless transition to a universally acclaimed governance in his country.

Kofi Annan’s award (2001) came with his stellar stewardship at the UN and his stance for peace.

“Kofi Annan has devoted almost his entire working life to the U.N. As Secretary-General, he has been pre-eminent in bringing new life to the organization,” said the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.

Unlike the preceding Nobel laureates, Obama’s award has been fanciful rather than positively impactful.

The little grace that might have come with the award for Obama, even if it were buttressed on hope, has been thoroughly drained by the ongoing farce of investigations and impeachment efforts, which claims are already adjudged by many as unconstitutional and as foolish as a daylight tour for unicorn sighting.

By all appearances, the ongoing enquiry in Congress is a mean politically motivated spectacle, a coup meant to reverse the 2016 election; an act that has never been seen in America’s history.

But, the machinations and the abuses entailed are beginning to unfold: The startling parts the Obama administration, the Democrat party, the officials of “deep” state and their minions played.

Mueller couldn’t find any evidence of collusion. But the charge is the seed the Obama’s administration sowed before it left office.

Though debunked, the charge is still frightening in its ongoing might and scope. And this part is what will be left for history to consider.

Why try this hard to nullify the result of a presidential election and to make untenable the ascendancy of a successor?

Barack Obama may not be the proponent of the Russia Collusion charge, but his legacy has been put to risk by it.

The ideologues wanted to destroy Trump but didn't care if Obama went down with him.

Thus, Obama’s presidential legacy has been squandered by ideologues, who rode in with him in Black legacy silks, but failed to reach the winning post because Donald Trump got in the way.

Now, what does this mean for the rest of us in the Black world?

It means our legacy has also been damaged. We had the platform to make changes and to affirm ourselves for the better.

Sadly, Obama is left tarnished with blame.

And, of course, so will the staged outcome (if successful) give permit for others to doubt the prospects or abilities of future Black chief executives put in the White House.

E. Ablorh-Odjidja, Publisher www.ghanadot.com , Washington, DC, November 25, 2019

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