First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech after being presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters at City College in New York City said some thinly veiled statements at the man who wants to succeed her husband: Donald Trump.
"We don't give into our fears. We don't
build up walls to keep people out because we know that our greatness has
always depended on contributions from people who were born elsewhere,"
Obama told the graduating class at City College in New York City.
It
was an unmistakable reference to Trump's signature policy proposal --
to build a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico -- as
well as his campaign's indelible slogan, "Make America Great Again."
The commencement address capped what has
been a week-long tag-team effort between the Obamas and Hillary
Clinton, likely a preview of what the Democrats have planned for their
general election campaign against Trump.
In two separate speeches on Wednesday and Thursday, President Obama issued rebukes clearly aimed at Trump's foreign policy and economic platforms --
although Obama never mentioned the presumptive Republican nominee's name 
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