Former President Obama is nearly ready to make a grand re-entrance to the political sphere, former Attorney General Eric Holder promised Tuesday.

Holder, who served as attorney general under Obama until Loretta Lynch replaced him in 2015, told reporters Tuesday at a briefing to expect Obama’s imminent return to partisan politics. Just over one month after leaving office, the former president has already signaled his willingness to engage in partisan fights and criticize President Donald Trump’s policies.

“Obama — while popular himself — has no influence on public opinion … That’s why he could get himself re-elected while Democrats lost power in the House, the Senate, and state legislatures across the nation.”

“It’s coming. He’s coming,” Holder said. “And he’s ready to roll.”

Obama’s efforts will include fundraising for Democrats, connecting with state legislators, and aiding in the new National Democratic Redistricting Committee’s (NDRC) endeavors, Holder said.

“I have no doubt that in the very near future President Obama will start going through sermon withdrawal and feel the need to be all over our TVs again,” Eddie Zipperer, an assistant professor of political science at Georgia Military College, told LifeZette. “Obama is great at campaigning and raising money. I’m sure he’ll raise millions. But, if money or more lousy [Democratic] messaging could hurt Trump, it would have hurt.”

The NDRC, which Obama asked Holder to chair in 2016, seeks to address Democrats’ electoral losses across the country by challenging and changing political boundaries they believe currently favor Republicans. The NDRC cites statistics indicating that a 49-percent minority of Republicans captured 55 percent of the offices up for grabs in the 2016 election.

“Obama — while popular himself — has no influence on public opinion,” Zipperer said. “That’s why he could get himself re-elected while Democrats lost power in the House, the Senate, and state legislatures across the nation.”

Even before he vacated office, Obama implied he had no intention of permanently leaving the political and public spheres. At his final news conference as president, Obama suggested he would jump back into the fray if Trump did something drastic.

“But there’s a difference between that normal functioning of politics and certain issues or certain moments where I think our core values may be at stake,” Obama said.

Zipperer said that the mainstream media will scramble to “enable his return in any way they can.”

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“Whatever happens, we’ll be treated to a good guy/bad guy narrative starring Obama as Captain America and Trump as President Vader,” Zipperer said. “Obama and the MSM already joined forces against Trump once with the goal of getting Hillary Clinton elected president. It didn’t work then — not even close. Remember all those surprised pundit faces on election night?”

“The media, lost in their own Trump-induced hysteria, has never been less trusted,” Zipperer added.

Even though former presidents have traditionally given their successors a respectful measure of space following the transition of power, Obama has already chosen to undermine Trump’s administration in the weeks following Inauguration Day.

Just 10 days after vacating office, Obama decided to comment on Trump’s travel ban executive order.

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“President Obama is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country,” Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, said in a statement. “In his final official speech as president, he spoke about the important role of citizens and how all Americans have a responsibility to be the guardians of our democracy — not just during an election but every day.”

“Citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organize, and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake,” Lewis added.

But Obama’s poor display of decorum shouldn’t be all that unexpected, Zipperer contended. Even if Obama throws himself wholeheartedly into championing the Democrats’ cause both nationally and locally, the reality of Trump and the movement he fueled will not be discredited so easily.

“Here’s the situation in a nutshell: President Obama tried to destroy Trump during the general election. He failed, big league,” Zipperer said. “Post-election — the bully pulpit being bully as it is — Trump is much stronger and Obama much weaker. It’s delusional to think Obama will suddenly become influential.”