r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Jonn-The-Human Canada 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Dougfo 1d ago

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

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u/IntroductionSame4542 18h ago

Hes not even from usa..

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u/Tymew 1d ago

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

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u/accforme 1d 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 20h 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 18h ago

Its used daily...  stop listening MSDNC

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u/PolyNecropolis 17h ago

stop listening MSDNC

Wow... Sick burn...

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u/DiceMadeOfCheese 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

I don’t remember that

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u/michigan85 Michigan 1d 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 1d ago

American aint ready for a president that likes dijon mustard

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 1d 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 18h ago

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