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/Reasonable-Bus-2187 1d ago

Thanks, Obama,

for saying something

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u/glass_gravy 1d ago

Finally.

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u/SchroedingersSphere 1d ago edited 1d ago

Probably going to get downvoted for saying this, I understand wanting to step down from politics, but a lot of people looked to Obama for words of encouragement and it's a little disappointing how long it took him to stand up and say something. Especially since Obama is the only person that really terrifies Trump. He could have made a bigger impact by speaking up sooner. Either way, thanks Obama.

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u/codejunkie34 1d ago

Maybe he doesn't want to lose his security detail.

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u/SsurebreC 1d ago

He can't since it's a law... oh I see what you mean.

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u/TheDamDog 1d ago

He's got a net worth of 250 million dollars. He can afford private security.

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u/LindonLilBlueBalls 1d ago

Private security is nowhere near as good as the Secret Service.

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u/Nmilne23 1d ago

yep and thats not the fucking point.

the point is that trump is a maniac who has been enabled to do up until this point anything he wants. We can all sit around and bitch about him and call him names on the internet but were not a former president who is basically the enemy of all conservatives and the republican party. I wouldnt be super eager to voice it out either if i was obama, because he did a LOT of campainging the last 3 elections and two of them lost, on top of the same rules simply dont apply to dems, they arent allowed to bitch about anything while fox news is allowed to bitch about everything. people who want to listen to him will and everyone else basically hates him, Im not sure what hes supposed to do

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u/-Nicolai 1d ago

The current secret service?

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u/BrennanSpeaks 1d ago

Sure, but private security probably doesn’t also work for a man who’s itching to see him swing from a lamp post.  These days, he’d be safer with private security.

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u/ReturnOfTheKeing 1d ago

The one that almost let trump get assassinated in the worst assassination attempt in history?

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u/Daft00 1d ago

The Secret Service that deleted all those texts from January 5th and 6th, 2021? Classic oopsie....

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u/ReturnOfTheKeing 1d ago

Yes. Of course I do. Any security team could've dealt with that faster than the secret service did

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u/KonigSteve 1d ago

Well with all the canceled security details there's probably a lot of agents from the secret service looking for work, just hire his same team.

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u/Main-Algae-1064 1d ago

So how did Trump get almost fake assassinated twice!!!???

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u/Easy-Round1529 1d ago

Wow you wanna buy a bridge bro?

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u/Kazooguru 1d ago

Secret Service is now doing the bidding for Trump. I wouldn’t want them knowing my personal details, location, or around me with weapons. This isn’t normal times.