r/politics 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/lostalaska 16h ago

All I remember was the big "Mission Accomplished" banner on a Navy carrier with bush waving and smiling. Are you now telling me he didn't accomplish his mission? /srcsm

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u/tr1mble 15h ago

Now watch this drive

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u/smokeyser 15h ago

The mission was definitely accomplished. Halliburton had control of the oil fields.

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u/Cockalorum Canada 13h ago

Funny story - that "Mission Accomplished" carrier was anchored just off of the coast of San Diego.

They filmed him flying in to imply that it was off on active duty, and not just a film set.

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u/proletariatblues 12h ago

That reminds me of the episode of Scrubs when they are all arguing politics. JD knows almost nothing and, while reading ‘The Iraq War for Dummies’ says, “You know what’s so messed up? I just got to the point where President Bush gave his “mission accomplished” speech on a battleship and I still got, like, 400 more pages to go.”

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u/cupo234 12h ago

Officially the Mission Acomplished was supposed to be the ship's. But they did decide to film there

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u/aenteus Pennsylvania 12h ago

Fool me once…