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For 5-year-old Taylor, its bad enough Barack Obama is no longer the U.S. president but did Hillary Clinton have to lose the 2016 election, too?

In a three-part Instagram video thats gone viral since her mom uploaded the clips on Thursday,the 5-year-old had some questions as to how this electoral system would allow Obama to depart from the White House and allow President Trump to enter.

Why did [Obama] go? a genuinely frustrated Taylor asks her mom. Where did he go? So why do we have the president we have now at the same spot he was and why did he leave it anyway?

When Taylors mom starts to explains that presidents can only sit for two terms, Taylors already moved on.

But how come Hillary did not get to be the president and why is she the loser? she asks.

But the real existentialist kicker in the video came when Taylor asked: And what are they even winning, anyway?

After using pizza to try to further her understanding of Americas voting system, Taylor becomes increasingly frustrated and confused as to why Trump had to occupy the presidency.

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Under the belief that Trump is ruling the nation from her native Texas, she becomes annoyed.

Well, why does he have to live there? she exclaims throwing her hands up in exasperation.I want him living somewhere else, I dont want him living in Texas.

Taylor still isnt pleased though when she finds out the White House isnt actually in Texas.

Well I dont want him being our president, anyway...I wanted Hillary and Marack Obama, the defeated 5-year-old said.

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Former President Barack Obama said the country needs to spread work around more in an essay on climate change and food published Friday.

My guess is that, ultimately, what is going to happen is that everybody is going to have to work a little bit less, and were going to have to spread work around more, Obama wrote in The Guardian, describing his view of the consequences of technology innovations.But thats going to require a reorganisation of the social compact.

That requires that we change our mindset about the link between work, income and the value of people in the teaching profession, or healthcare, or certain things that cannot be done by AI or a robot, he continued. And one of my goals as president one of the goals of every leader of every country right now was thinking about that time 20 years from now, or 30 years from now, when technology will have eliminated entire sectors of the economy.

Obamas piece is an adaptation of a talk he gave at the Seeds & Chips Global Food Innovation Summit, and was published in The Guardian on the heels of a high-profile visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Thursday. Obama obviously aimed to draw a contrast with President Trump ahead of his meeting with Merkel and other leaders that same day, as he continues to wield his influence untethered from the political realities of the presidency.

How do we prepare for that? Obama continued in The Guardian, referring to the emergence of new technologies as though the economy is a zero-sum game. How do we start creating, or at least having a conversation in our society about making sure that work and opportunities are spread, and that everybody has the chance to live a good and fulfilling life, rather than having a few people who are working 80 or 90 hours a week, and making enormous incomes, and then a large portion of redundant workers that increasingly have a difficult time supporting families. Thats not a sustainable mechanism for democracy and a healthy society.

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Former president Barack Obama spoke in Berlin on May 25 at a discussion on democracy with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Reuters)

Thanks to an awkward coincidence, President Trump is in Brussels at the same time as predecessor Barack Obama is in Berlin. These two trips are certainly offering contrasting views of the United States's relationship with Europe.

Obama was in the German capital Thursday morning to appear alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a biennual festival organized by the German protestant church. The two spoke in front of a large crowd at the iconic Brandenburg Gate, with Obamagoing out of his way to praise Merkel.

Not only do I love this city, but one of my favorite partners throughout my presidency is sitting next to me, Obamasaidwith a smile.

Speaking at the democracy-themed event, he also appeared to offer thinly veiled criticism of Trump, then only a few hundred miles away in Belgium. We cant isolate ourselves. We cant hide behind a wall, he said, prompting cheers from the audience.

Even before he became president, Obama had endeared himself to Germans. In 2008, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination, he gavea speech to an estimated 200,000 Berliners inTiergarten park. Five years later, he returned to the city to give a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the iconic location from whereRonald Reagan called onSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall.

Merkel became a key Obama ally on the world stage, despite strains over ascandal involving alleged U.S. monitoring of her phone. During Obama's last official trip to Germany, in November, theaffection between the two was apparent,and theyissueda joint warningagainst taking democracy for granted.

Obama's high standing in Germany is largely shared across the continent. A poll conducted by thePew Research Center last summer found that 77 percent of Europeans hadconfidence in him, including 86 percent of Germans. The poll asked Europeans what they thought about Trump, who at that point was a presidential candidate. Just 9 percent of Europeans said they had confidence inhim.

Trump's remarks about Europe on the campaign trail may not have helped his cause. He labeled himself Mr. Brexit and questioned the logic of the European Union, while warning that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization amilitary alliance that binds Europe and North America may be obsolete. He even singled out Merkel, sayingshe was ruining Germany with her immigration policies.

President Trump criticized leaders at a dedication ceremony at the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, May 25, saying they need to increase financial contributions to combat "the threat of terrorism." (The Washington Post)

As Obama and Merkel spoke in Berlin, Trump was in Brussels the center of European political power and a city he once calleda hellhole as part of his first foreign trip as U.S. president. The trip has included stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican.

In the Belgian capital, Trump met with E.U. officials Thursday morning and later in the day will attend a working dinnerwith world leaders including Merkel representing NATO members. In April, Trump toned down his criticism of the organization, even saying that the alliance was no longer obsolete. Such comments mark a broader trend for Trump, who has walked back some of his harshest criticisms of Europe since becoming president.

So far his bark has been worse than his bite when it comes to the core issues Europeans care about, said Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations andprofessor of international affairs at Georgetown University.

However, Trump's time in Europe may also have its share of tricky moments.He will meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May later Thursday. She is expected to raise the issue ofapparent leaks of shared intelligenceabout Mondays Manchester bombing. Trump has ordered the Justice Department to launch a full investigation into the leaks, adding in a statement Thursday that there is no relationship we cherish more than the Special Relationship withBritain.

Trump also had a private lunch with new French President Emmanuel Macronat the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Thursday a meeting that prompted a widely mocked video of the pair shaking hands, if nothing else.

President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared an intense handshake at their first meeting on May 25. (The Washington Post)

After the NATO meeting, Trump will head to Sicily fora Group of Sevenmeeting of the world'stop industrialized nations. His time in Europe isimportant.European leaders and publics are still sizing him up, Kupchan said. Opinions will firm up over the course of the next 48 hours.

That Obama received such a rapturous reception in Berlin probably won't help. Several aspectsof Trump's first foreign trip have been compared unfavorably with his predecessor's:After Trump signed a short, curiously upbeat message at Israel's Holocaust memorial Tuesday, social media users begansharing the lengthy and solemn note Obama wrotewhen he visited Yad Vashem in 2008.

By all accounts, Obama's trip to Berlin was long planned and not designed to clash with Trump's Europe sojourn. However, the awkward timing may benefit at least Merkel, who isfacing reelectionin September.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told world leaders at NATO headquarters, May 25, that preserving "open societies" leads to success, not "the building of walls." (The Washington Post)

If you look at public opinion surveys, Barack Obama has retained a popularity in Germany that Donald Trump has not achieved, said Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund and a member of the National Security Council during the Obama administration. Given the political year that we have in Germany, with a national election in September, the chancellor could be well served by showing her relations with both the past U.S. president and the current U.S. president.

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Former Presidents Bush and Obama owe a personal apology to the family of a California boy gravely injured by an illegal alien. They should also pay for the childs medical bills.

Ill explain why in just a few minutes. But first, heres the back story:

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On May 6,the Lake family was returning to their home in San Ysidro after a day trip to Disneyland.

They were just about a block from home when a truck driven by an illegal alien broadsided their car. Benjamin Lake and his wife suffered minor injuries. Their six-year-old son was severely injured.

Lennox spent 18 days in the hospital recovering from deep skull fractures, a broken nose and other injuries. The little boy faces a long and arduous recovery.

Constantino Banda-Acosta, the driver of the truck, has been charged with violating federal immigration laws. Hes also facing a number of charges in connection with the crash.

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But heres the kick the pants: The San Diego Union Tribune reports that Banda-Acosta had either been deported or allowed to voluntarily return to Mexico 17 times over the past 14 years.

And not once was he charged with violating federal immigration law.

So lets get right to the point:

An American child was nearly killed on American soil by an illegal alien and I blame the Bush and the Obama administrations.

Banda-Acosta was able to come and go as he pleased because Republicans and Democrats turned a blind eye to our immigration laws. They refused to secure the border and that decision nearly cost Lennox his life.

How many more Americans have to suffer at the hands of the foreign invaders?

Immigration attorney Andrew Nietor told the newspaper it was unfair to politicize the Lake familys accident.

I think this is the sort of case the Trump administration tries to politicize and tries to portray as typical, but its not typical, Nietor said. One of the reasons this case is noteworthy is because of the extreme circumstances.

Unfortunately, its become quite typical for American blood to be shed on American soil at the hands of illegals. Remember Kate Steinle? What about Joshua Wilkerson, Jamiel Shaw Jr. and David Kriehn?

Every study shows that the non-citizen population, including the undocumented, is more law-abiding than the U.S. citizen population, Nietor said.

First of all, there is no such thing as a non-citizen population. They are called illegal immigrants. Second of all, that argument is a load of bull.

Every single person living in our nation illegally is a criminal. Theyre called illegal immigrants because they are breaking the law.

And that brings me back to Presidents Bush and Obama.

Had they only done their job and secured the border, Lennox would not have spent 18 days in the hospital.

But their administrations failed the Lake family of San Ysidro, California. They failed to defend American sovereignty. They failed to secure the border. And as a result foreign enemies were allowed to set foot on American soil.

Fortunately, President Trump is in the process of making sure that never happens again.

As for Bush and Obama they need to make things right with the Lake family. I suspect they are facing a mountain of medical bills not to mention a long road to recovery.

So I am calling on both former presidents to pay for Lennox Lakes medical bills. Its the only good and honorable thing to do.

After all, their political expedience and capitulation nearly got an American boy killed.

Todd Starnes is host of Fox News & Commentary. His latest book is The Deplorables Guide to Making America Great Again. Follow him on Twitter @ToddStarnes and find him on Facebook.

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