Barack Obama read 10 letters from Americans every day during his presidency, and it made all the difference
Former President Barack Obama used to read at least 10 letters from American citizens every evening during his time in the White House, according to reports. The revelation was made in a new book titled 'To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope' by Jeanne Marie Laskas.
Obama, who is the first American president to take on a task of reading letters daily, reveals in the book why he did so and why he also responded to those letters.
"Ten a day is what I figured I could do. It was a small gesture, I thought, at least to resist the bubble. It was a way for me to, every day, remember that what I was doing was not about me. It wasn’t about the Washington calculus. It wasn’t about the political scoreboard. It was about the people who were out there living their lives who were either looking for some help or angry about how I was screwing something up," Obama said. Reports state that he first started responding to citizens' letters when he was still a senator.