Obama took a veiled shot at Trump's Twitter habit during a $400,000 appearance

Former President Barack Obamawas asked during a talk hosted by A&E Network on Thursday how he dealt with frustration during his time in office."For starters, by not having a Twitter account," Obama said, according to the New York Post.The comment was an apparent shot at President Donald Trump, whose frequent use of Twitter to launch attacks on his critics has drawn considerable attention.Obama has notably not criticized his successor publiclysince Trump took officein January.Obama was reportedly paid $400,000to appear atthe 90-minute History Channel event, called a"History Makers lunch," during which he was interviewed by presidential historianDoris Kearns Goodwin.Goodwin reportedly offered a historical take on presidential frustration, noting that Abraham Lincoln would write angry letters and, instead of sending them, filethem away in a desk drawer.The historian, who has interviewed Obama before, also asked the former president what he missed most about his time in the White House, to which Obama responded:sitting on the Truman Balcony on summer nights and taking in the view of the Washington Monumentand Lincoln Memorial.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Spicer struggles to clarify remarks after falsely claiming that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons
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