By Harold Pease, Ph. D.
After the November 2016 defeat of Hillary Clinton and election of Donald Trump, President Obama, the outgoing president with mere days left in office, directed his intel staff to create a fake 2017 Intel Community Assessment on Trump to prevent him from ever taking office. It served as the basis for what was essentially a year long coup against the duly elected president of the United States, subverting the will of the American people and attempting to delegitimize Donald Trump’s presidency” (NEW EVIDENCE UNCOVERS OBAMA-DIRECTED CREATION OF FALSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT USED TO LAUNCH YEARS-LONG COUP TO UNDERMINE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Press Release, Tusi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, July 23, 2025).
Although Barack Obama left office 9 1/2 years ago and has been a private citizen for almost a decade, he still runs his shadow government as he did through Trump’s first term, Biden’s only term and just last week, 15 months into Trump’s second term, he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and a mix of other globalist Deep State figures. “The gala connected to the Global Progress Action Summit (co-hosted by Canada 2020 and the Center for American Progress Action Fund), held mainly on May 9 at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. This progressive policy gathering included various international figures, but these were mostly cabinet ministers, former leaders, and U.S./European politicians rather than sitting foreign heads of government alongside Obama and Carney (Grok.com). Obama gave the keynote address.
This mostly secret “think tank” event was closed to the public and media. There are no transcripts, photos or public statements, thus few specifics—only that which has leaked out. Citizen Obama could clear his name by publishing his and the addresses of all attending but won’t because the Left won’t insist that he does. Others view the assemblage as the criminal syndicate leader, Obama, meeting with his criminal syndicate.” (X22 Report hereafter not cited Ep. 3901b, May 10, 2026, 22:00).
Critics claimed Obama’s meeting violated the Logan Act, a 1799 U.S. law barring unauthorized negotiations with foreign governments in disputes with the United States. “Former presidents often meet foreign leaders, they say, and that there was no evidence of policy negotiations in this case, a standard courtesy—NOT TEN YEARS LATER—and no casual get-together requires a key note speaker, which Obama was (“Obama’s Toronto visit with PM Carney draws Logan Act backlash” May 9, 2026, MSN). Carney debunked that when he wrote. Obama, “Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future—and empower more people to build with us.” (Newsweek, “What Is the Logan Act? MAGA Seethes as Obama Meets Carney in Canada,” by Hollie Silverman, May 9, 2026). Sounds like Biden’s “Build Back Better” 2020 campaign strategy. Certainly highly political.
Saggezza Eterna, platform author, said it best, Obama “is utilizing his status to provide a back-channel for foreign leaders to circumvent the elected will of the American people. The spectacle of a former executive jetting across the border to play statesman reveals the true nature of the globalist insurgency. Barack Obama remains the primary architect of the shadow government [we now call the Deep State ] that views American sovereignty as an obstacle to be managed or dismantled” or betrayed or disregarded by someone whose authority to do so ended almost a decade ago. Today, Barack Obama’s authority is nothing more, nor less, than a bricklayers or plumber.
Obama’s “arrival in Toronto on May 8, represents a direct assault on the current administration’s mandate. While the media paints this as a routine speaking engagement, the strategic reality is far more sinister. Obama is utilizing his status to provide a back-channel for foreign leaders to circumvent the elected will of the American people. This is the behavior of a man who believes his ideological vision grants him immunity from the laws that govern ordinary citizens. We are watching a calculated effort to preserve the neoliberal order by any means necessary, including the betrayal of national interests for the sake of a “more just” globalist hegemony.”
To globalists, “the law of the land is a mere suggestion for the anointed elite of the radical left. Barack Obama’s keynote address at the Canada 2020 Gala is a definitive case study in institutional arrogance. As a private citizen with no official authority, he has inserted himself into the delicate machinery of U.S.-Canada relations. The Logan Act expressly forbids unauthorized citizens from engaging in intercourse with foreign governments to defeat American measures. Obama treats this 1799 statute as a relic intended for his political inferiors. By holding ‘important conversations’ with Prime Minister Mark Carney during active trade disputes, he operates a shadow presidency designed to sabotage the ‘America First’ agenda. He is leveraging his past status to provide political cover for foreign leaders who seek to resist American tariffs and security policies. This is a calculated breach of federal code. He has chosen to act as a freelance diplomat for a progressive vision that the American electorate has firmly rejected.”
Moreover, Saggezza Eterna, concludes, “By headlining this gala, Obama coordinates a multinational resistance against U.S. economic interests. These closed-door sessions represent a deliberate attempt to embolden Carney’s defiance against American trade demands. The ‘just future’ they discuss is a code for a world where American prosperity is subordinated to the whims of international bureaucrats,” [the globalists] ( Saggezza Eterna@FinalTelegraph ). If Trump did send someone to represent him in this secret meeting of globalists in Toronto May 9th, it certainly would not be Obama!!!
Thus far only one U.S. Senator saw what Obama was attempting to do and spoke out, Democrat John Fetterman. “I don’t know who he thinks elected him to do that, but it wasn’t the people I serve, “said Fetterman, “Honestly, I find it offensive.” Fetterman seemed annoyed also with the Obama weekly visits to the Capitol to keep Democrats in lock step agreement. Fetterman says “Obama has been conducting these visits weekly since he has been in the Senate.“ (Ep. 3901b, May 10, 2026, 24:32). Obama’s shadow government, now 9 1/2 years old, remains very active.
Dr. Harold Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College. Newspapers have permission to publish this column. Read his weekly columns @ www.LibertyUnderFire.org Column #872.