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/RemarkableWave8066 16h ago

Obama wore a tan suit once and the Fox News goons had aneurysms for a solid week

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u/Double-Bend-716 16h ago

He was an out of touch coastal elite because he likes brown mustard instead of yellow mustard.

Another time, he wasn’t masculine enough to lead the country because he wore a bicycle helmet

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u/PolyNecropolis 15h ago

coastal elite

Sidebar; Notice how the right entirely stopped using that term once they elected one (Trump)? Funny isn't it.

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u/bfodder 15h ago

No they use it. They are immune to the hypocrisy.

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u/Jonn-The-Human Canada 14h ago

You just don't get it, the draft dodger born with a silver spoon who lived in a gold plated New York high-rise doesn't count as a coastal elite because reasons.

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u/TheLightningL0rd 15h ago

They actually didn't for quite some time. Hearing Tucker Carlson call the Coastal Elites out was really funny, considering who he is.

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u/Wesley_Skypes 14h ago

It's all just kayfabe. I blame Vince McMahon.

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u/Dougfo 14h ago

It's funny because Obama wasn't even from a coast unless you count Lake Michigan

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u/IntroductionSame4542 5h ago

Hes not even from usa..

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u/Tymew 13h ago

Ah yes, the coastal city of… checks notes Chicago.

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u/accforme 11h ago

Remember, they called Obama a celebrity because he was very popular, and people wanted to take pictures with him, and that was apparently a bad thing.

But a literal celebrity who was on TV for years is "different."

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u/MaddyKet 7h ago

Pretty funny because I don’t care how big the Great Lakes are, Chicago is not on the coast.

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u/IntroductionSame4542 5h ago

Its used daily...  stop listening MSDNC

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u/PolyNecropolis 4h ago

stop listening MSDNC

Wow... Sick burn...

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u/DiceMadeOfCheese 15h ago

I remember Fox playing the Grey Poupon commercial after Obama ordered dijon mustard, painting him as an out of touch elite.

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u/bejammin075 Pennsylvania 13h ago

They also called Obama a "celebrity president" meaning he was just popular without having any real accomplishments. Then they elected reality TV star Trump.

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u/Guilty_Internet1943 15h ago

I don’t remember that

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u/michigan85 Michigan 15h ago

$4 bottle of spicy mustard is fancy because it has a french name. He's also un-American for not adding ketchup. /s

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u/PoutineSmash 15h ago

American aint ready for a president that likes dijon mustard

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 14h ago

he wasn’t masculine enough to lead the country because he wore a bicycle helmet

Nothing more masculine than dying of a head injury because you couldn't be arsed to wear a helmet, I guess. /s

But tbf, they're probably the same types who drive without seatbelts, so at least they're consistent in their stupidity.

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u/itsjustaride24 5h ago

Fox News is literally the news program from Robocop or Starship Troopers now.