The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 25, 2017 In First Post-Presidency Speech, Obama Refuses to Utter Trump's Name -------------------------------------------------------------------- President Obama delivered his first post-presidency speech Monday night, speaking to a group of students in Chicago. Without ever once uttering Trump's name, Obama encouraged civic engagement and expressed concern about increasing political polarization. .