ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter carved an unlikely path to the White House in 1976 and endured humbling defeat after one term. To be sure, more 2020 candidates have quietly sought counsel from Trump’s predecessor, former President Barack Obama. In 2017, Carter welcomed Sanders, who’s running again this year, to the Carter Center for a program in which the two men lambasted money in politics. Carter called the United States “an oligarchy.”ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWYet Carter has since warned Democrats against “too liberal a program,” lest they ensure Trump’s re-election. Trump and Carter chatted by phone earlier this spring after Carter sent Trump a letter on China and trade.

Source: thestar May 19, 2019 09:56 UTC