{"id":3703,"date":"2016-05-16T04:48:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/16\/obama-gets-in-a-few-digs-at-trump-in-commencement-speech-at-rutgers\/"},"modified":"2016-05-16T04:48:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T20:48:12","slug":"obama-gets-in-a-few-digs-at-trump-in-commencement-speech-at-rutgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/16\/obama-gets-in-a-few-digs-at-trump-in-commencement-speech-at-rutgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama gets in a few digs at Trump in commencement speech at Rutgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ap_16136625565593\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzE1L2M0L0FQXzE2MTM2NjI1LjQxNzk4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/e043a156\/dc4\/AP_16136625565593.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Obama+gets+in+a+few+digs+at+Trump+in+commencement+speech+at+Rutgers&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F15%2Fobama-rutgers-commencement-speech%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F15%2Fobama-rutgers-commencement-speech%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Barack Obama used his commencement speech at Rutgers University on Sunday to take a dig at Donald Trump and the Republican party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a few local jokes and inspiring the 2016 graduates that they can effectively run this country one day, Obama changed to politics, taking multiple passes at the state of our current political situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The world is more interconnected than ever before, and its becoming more connected every day,&#8221; 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