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/jtsa5 16h ago

If anyone else other than Trump did anything wrong it was like the world was ending. When it's Trump everyone has kid gloves on.

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u/Deicide1031 16h ago

Obama probably could have gotten away with it if he had a network like Fox News spreading propaganda on his behalf 24/7.

As an example, In the 80s/90s Trump was deemed a clown and actively made fun of because of his bankruptcies and wasting his families wealth. Wouldn’t be until he was portrayed as competent on The Apprentice and later Fox News that he became bullet proof.

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u/Ok_Information_9382 16h ago

No. He wouldn’t have. He’s Black

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u/JadedAsparagus9639 Indiana 16h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah the first black person had to be absolutely perfect to get elected, and Obama was. They wouldn’t have made fun of him wearing a tan suit for months if they had anything else on him

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u/KarlBarx2 15h ago

Absolutely perfect in his personal life. Obama was certainly not perfect as a President, but the public doesn't care about policy, so the most common criticisms of Obama are, quite literally, skin deep.

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u/bp92009 13h ago

That's not true, he also (checks notes) wore a tan suit and (checks again) asked for Dijon Mustard that one time.