Should Obama be criticised from the left?

There is a controversial idea that Obama paved the way for Trump with his handling of the banking crisis and his unwillingness (rather than just inability) to deliver radical change.

He did some good things and was blocked by Republican Congress on healthcare and other things but he has also had some very un-progressive policies. I'm interested to know what people think of this article:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/16/how-barack-obama-paved-way-donald-trump-racism

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firefall · 61-69, M

The idea that you could draw a line from the banking crisis to predicting Trump strikes me as only plausible in the presence of vast quantities of brandy, or a nice hit of mescaline. Not that Obama can't be criticised for not insisting on prosecutions for banking fraud, but I don't see a cause & effect line there