Obama dreams of returning to White House Story is here Read the article and see if you see anything out of the ordinary.  (Note:  This was a Sept 26, 2018 interview) Quote from article: “So in one day, I would say hello all the staff in the White House that I miss,” he said, again making the answer about himself and not the American people. Now, we may now why there was a NYT anonymous op-ed from inside the White House.