r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 16h ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/Majestic_Electric California 16h ago

Imagine if ANY Democratic president did this! Republicans would be writing up impeachment articles as we speak! 😛

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u/QDSchro 16h ago

They would’ve been writing that up if a democrat didn’t say bless you after someone sneezed.

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u/FirstSunbunny California 15h ago

That’s a War on Christianity! The horror!

/s in case it’s necessary

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u/MantisBuffs 14h ago

They said it was a war on christmas because some people say happy holidays instead of merry christmas. Because, you know, not everybody celebrates christmas.

This was back when outside of the middle east, issues had to be fabricated.

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u/FirstSunbunny California 12h ago

I completely remember. I’m shocked this group still have pearls to clutch. Surely they’re worn out by now with all the manufactured outrage.

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u/Hiccup 15h ago

People are going to be burning Christmas trees for warmth this year.

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u/PhoenoFox 15h ago

The Democrats better be saying thank you 😤

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u/Dieuibugewe 14h ago

Or, god forbid, didn’t say “thank you”.

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u/dazedan_confused United Kingdom 14h ago

Marjorie wrote up articles of impeachment on the day Joe Biden was inaugurated, allegedly.

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u/QDSchro 13h ago

6B(Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body) is a fucking loon and I refuse to use her government name ever again. Every last thing that she had a problem with Joe about, Trump has done infinitely worse and she and all the other republicans are as silent as the grave.

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u/nullv 15h ago

Which is why they get what they want. Doesn't matter if they're wrong or what they're voting for is against their own interests. They're loud and persistent.

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u/agnostic_science 15h ago

Those assholes put stickers on our gas pumps over something Biden had no control over.

In contrast, Trump caused all this bullshit economic meltdown and destruction ... and ... crickets. When a Republican destroys the economy on purpose, I guess it doesn't count.

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u/skit7548 Pennsylvania 15h ago

They would have already introduced them and pushed them to the top and called an emergency session by tonight to vote.

Also, I was reminded of Marj's articles against Biden which lead me to this fitting quote from her: "endangering the security of the United States and thwarting the will of Congress," which is like, exactly what Trump has been doing since day one or at the very least the USAID shutdown

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u/Ph0X 12h ago

Trump whined every single time the stock market dipped even 1 point, and kept saying how bad of a president Obama is and that Stock Market was the biggest sign of how good a president is doing. Now it's down like 10 points and he's just golfing.

Ironically, he always whined non-stop about Obama golfing, but he ended up golfing twice as much during his first term, and also at his own golf clubs, costing tax payers 10x as much as Obama doing it on military courses.

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u/justtosendamassage 15h ago

To be fair impeachment articles have and are being written

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u/IcyTransportation961 15h ago

Not by republicans

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u/justtosendamassage 15h ago

Unfortunately that is obvious

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u/FredericBropin 12h ago

Not really a gotcha. No party has ever written impeachment articles for a president of their party.

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u/AsinineArchon 15h ago

Fat lot of good it will do. Bastard was already impeached once

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u/Rooooben 15h ago

Twice.

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u/justtosendamassage 15h ago

Our immediate acceptance of that is part of the problem too

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u/tahlyn I voted 14h ago

To be fair, they were all publicity stunts because the writers know they're non-starters with a Republican controlled House and Senate

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u/justtosendamassage 14h ago

Even if they were, it’s nice to know that someone doing at least some work.

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u/Souspi 14h ago

He has already been impeached two times. He has also over 30 felonies. Do you think another impeachment would mean anything this time around?

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u/justtosendamassage 13h ago

Mean something? Yes. Do anything? No

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u/v0gue_ 9h ago

If nothing comes from it, it doesn't mean anything

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u/ViridianFlea 15h ago

To be fair, there ARE Dems writing up impeachment articles already, if they've followed through on what they said.

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u/yevius 14h ago

No way they are impeaching Trump this time! Vance is 100 times scarier!

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u/Howdoyouusecommas 11h ago

No he isn't. He isn't some extremely capable smooth operator and he doesn't have nearly the following. If we have free and fair elections in 2028 the republicans will have a hard time winning because they don't have an heir apparent. Similar issue dems had this time.

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u/blahblah19999 15h ago

You missed the point entirely

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u/CurryMustard 15h ago

Democrats would be writing them with Republicans if it was a democrat.

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u/eman9416 14h ago

Dems would have impeached them. That’s the difference, Dems hold each other accountable

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u/Rooooben 15h ago

And some democrats would support it, which is the difference. Republicans are willing to support a king if it gives the appearance of more power.

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u/HateMyBossSoIReddit 15h ago

Vote out complacent Dems and shut down fox news by any means necessary.

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u/nightpanda893 14h ago

Honestly this is so eggregious that even if a pre Obama Republican president did this, they would have to deal with serious fallout in their own party. The problem is maga is a cult.

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u/tahlyn I voted 14h ago

They would have been planning and doing [Removed by Reddit] long ago.

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u/LilDoober 14h ago

impeachment articles? they would have been shot, no joke

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u/nervelli 14h ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene filed an article of impeachment against Biden the day after he was inaugurated. And all he did was be a Democrat.

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u/Straight-Puddin 12h ago

They wouldn't have been president in the first place. Remember when trump made fun of a disabled reporter? Or said "grab em by the pussy" ?

That would have ended the career of any democrat

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u/jackfwaust 11h ago

No they’d be back out in front of the wrong building with their nooses

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u/Traditional_Mix7277 14h ago

I feel like the republican base would do a lot more than just impeachment

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u/dbenc 14h ago edited 14h ago

Here are the republican attempts or discussions on impeaching Obama according to our favorite AI tool:

Date Who Status Main Reason
June 2011 Rep. Michael Burgess Not introduced General claims of overreach
2012 Activists, state lawmakers Not introduced Fast & Furious, Benghazi, recess appointments
Dec 2013 Rep. Steve Stockman Drafted, not filed Delays in ACA implementation
July 2014 Rep. Steve King & Tea Party Not introduced Executive actions on immigration
Aug 2014 Sarah Palin, Allen West Not introduced Immigration policies, Bergdahl swap
Nov 2014 Rep. Joe Barton Not introduced Unspecified allegations
Nov 2015 Rep. Ted Yoho Introduced, failed Executive actions on immigration

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u/fffan9391 South Carolina 14h ago

Democrats are doing that…

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u/CombatMuffin 14h ago

They would be creating a political movement named after a specific rebellious event where they threw tea into the Boston harbor as a form of ideological resistance...

Oh wait! That actually happened already.

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u/bbbbbbbbbblah United Kingdom 14h ago

impeachment and removal would have taken place within 24 hours

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u/Brief_Amicus_Curiae 14h ago

Representative James "eh, wut now?" Comer couldn't even get any aticles written up on Joe Biden even after trying to find anything, something incriminating for 2 years. Never even entered Comer Pyle's mind that after 5 decades in public service that if there was corruption, there would have been something more than nothing.

It seems they don't understand that there's a shit ton of people that have acutal integrity and are reliable. That they enjoy doing things to help others and doing a good job even if it means a lot of work, planning and details.

I'm glad Obama is speaking up. Do it more - we had Trump basically coaching as a civlian both Chambers of Congress which impacted the Border legislation that would have otherwise passed if Trump didn't insert himself. Same with the whole Speaker of the house being vacated - he had to insert himself there.

I get that on one hand there is 250 years of protocols and traditions, though I think at this moment in time, we need to put aside the number of fucks to give to counter this bullshit with a MAGA Congress who is complicit, derelict of their duty to the people in not impeaching Trump for his overt lawlessless and abuse of powers - not even 100 days in this term.

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u/shockles 14h ago

I read something yesterday that Ilhan Omar is drafting articles of impeachment as we speak! It won’t go anywhere but it’s something.

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u/GuyHomie 13h ago

I feel like they'd be going nuts even if it was a republican president other than Trump. They're so in love with Trump that they treat him with kids gloves at all times

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u/Majestic_Electric California 13h ago

Except most of them don’t like him. They hate him! 

They’re just scared of his base (especially after January 6th), and Elon’s money. 

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u/myinternets 13h ago

That's actually what Trump voters did. They imagined that democrats were already doing this stuff, so now it's okay that their guy is really doing it.

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u/grtk_brandon 13h ago

They rioted at the capitol and caused the deaths of multiple LEOs because they lost an election fair and square. I don't want to think about what they would do if a democrat tried any of this.

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u/Sufficient_Emu2343 12h ago

Yes they would.  I imagine Trump will be impeached again when the Dems take the house in '27.

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u/Majestic_Electric California 12h ago

Then they better get at least 60 seats in the Senate, too, or that impeachment will go nowhere (again)!

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u/Sufficient_Emu2343 12h ago edited 11h ago

Agree but I think a dangerous precedent has been set that any president facing a senate super majority will be impeached. Edit: removed from office.

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u/matthieuC Europe 10h ago

Being a Democrat President is enough to warrant impeachment for them

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u/momo_bobo 9h ago

Imagine if the Democrats did their job and did something!!

Whoever decided that waving lollipops at the congressional address was a good idea!!

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u/No_Fail_1325 7h ago

Exactly

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u/helpjack_offthehorse 15h ago

Did a fucking fraction of any of this.

The hardest shit they thought they had was Hillary’s email/server debacle an hunters laptop.

Thats kindergarten finger painting compared to the Michelangelo Sistine chapel massacre from the blood of our country currently happening.

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u/PotentialCopy56 14h ago

Like Democrats are doing right now? Piss poor argument