A new report claims former President Barack Obama and his then-national security advisor, Susan Rice, were so distraught after Donald Trump won the 2016 election that they both cried.
The claim was posted on X Tuesday by RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Paul Sperry.
According to Sperry, the reaction is documented in 1,100 hours of audio and video compiled by Columbia University in a collaboration with the Obama Foundation.
Sperry wrote that after Trump’s unexpected victory, Obama and Rice feared that “all they’d built” was “at risk” of being undone.
He further claimed they worried their work would be dismantled by what they described as a “con man” and a “clown.”
Sperry added that both of them “literally broke down and cried” in front of White House staffers.
BREAKING: President Obama and his National Security Adviser Susan Rice were so distraught after Trump won in 2016 they literally broke down and cried in front of White House staff, according to 1,100 hours of new audio and video compiled by Columbia University in cooperation with…
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_)February 18, 2026
The report does not include the audio or video itself.
Sperry did not indicate whether the audio would be released publicly or whether transcripts would be made available.
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