Barack Obama Takes Cheap Shot At President Trump During Tech Conference

Of course, President Trump is well-known for using Twitter to make announcements and give insights about presidential affairs, and Obama's advice not to use social media as a president is an apparent attack on President Trump for choosing to do so.

Axios has an overview of Barack Obama's apparent snipe at President Trump for using social media:

Former President Barack Obama said at a tech conference Wednesday that one key to his decision-making was relying on staff and surrounding himself with a diversity of viewpoints, before adding:

"The other thing that is helpful is not watching TV or reading social media."

Why it matters: Obama has largely avoided major criticisms of President Trump, but he used his comments at a conference for Splunk, a company that helps businesses make sense of their data, to draw a contrast between the two administrations.

• Obama admitted during his speech that he made mistakes in hiring. "I won’t say we enforced perfectly the 'no-jerk rule,' but its a pretty good rule. I won’t say who violated that rule."
• He then added: "I'm proud of the fact we didn’t have indictments. I’ve said that before but that is pretty rare in modern day." Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation resulted in the indictments of 6 former Trump advisers.

Business Insider also said:

 If you're the president of the United States, Barack Obama has two important tips to help make good decisions. 

 The former US president spoke about his decision-making process on Wednesday at an event in San Francisco organized by the data-analysis company Splunk. 

 First, Obama said, you should "make sure you have a team with a diversity of opinion sitting around you." 

 "The other thing that's helpful is not watching TV or reading social media," he said. "Those are two things I would advise, if you're our president, not to do. It creates a lot of noise and clouds your judgment."