Barack Obama shades Trump during speech at presidential center: 'There will be no kings'

Former President Barack Obama shaded President Donald Trump during his speech at the opening ceremony of his new presidential center in Chicago on Thursday.

Obama gave a brief history lesson about the founding ideals of America during the opening ceremony of The Obama Presidential Center, where he reminded the audience that the framers of the Constitution created a system that allows each generation to make American democracy better for their successors. During the speech, Obama levied a couple of not-so-subtle digs at his successor, Trump.

"In over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests ... men and women of all walks of life, from every color and every faith, every region, took up the cause of democracy until we, the people, came to include not just some of us, but all of us," Obama said. "And that's why the story we tell in this building begins not with Michelle's origins or my origins, but with our nation's."

Throughout Trump's second term, he has sought to rewrite American history. For instance, Trump ordered the Smithsonian to remove any exhibits that portrayed America in a negative light. He also gave similar orders to the National Park Service.

Obama also took a shot at Trump's efforts to expand executive power. He reminded the audience that America was founded at a time when the world was governed by "rigid hierarchies and caste," whereas America began with a different story in mind.

"A declaration that we are all created equal, that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, that in the new independent United States, there will be no kings or lords, no serfs or subjects, but only citizens," Obama said.

He also shaded Trump's attempts to put himself above the law.

"No one is above the law, or beneath its protection," Obama said.