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/Raoul_Duke9 1d ago

You guys remember "terrorist fist jab"? That one was the one that pissed me off the most.

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u/monkeyhind 1d ago

Of all the ridiculousness from Fox over the years, that's the one that made me spit out my coffee in shock. What the actual hell.

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 1d ago

My favorite was when he was at some hotdog or burger joint shaking hands and asked "do you have a spicy mustard, like a Dijon mustard?" I'm not a fan of Dijon mustard myself but I don't think it makes someone an elitist or that it was worth several fox segment calling him the "pupon President."

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u/TheLightningL0rd 1d ago

Yeah, Dijon is not some elitist condiment. You can buy it at Kroger right next to all the other mustards. I'm more of a horseradish mustard guy myself, but it's not a big deal.

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u/monkeyhind 1d ago

Look at Lord Fancy-pants here with his jar of horseradish!

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u/DeGeaSaves 1d ago

Colemans will clean the nose right up.

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u/cherry__darling 1d ago

it's ok as long as he's white.

/s

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u/VermillionEclipse 1d ago

I remember thinking Dijon was fancy as a kid!

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u/Betterthanbeer Australia 1d ago

English mustard or stay home.

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u/TelescopiumHerscheli 21h ago

I'm more of a horseradish mustard guy myself, but it's not a big deal.

Ned Poins? How the hell are you?

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u/GeekShallInherit 1d ago

If you can get something for $1 in the Walmart store brand, it's not elitist.

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u/Djaii 1d ago

But it will be soon in this economy.

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u/GeekShallInherit 1d ago

Even the $1 was years ago I suppose when this all happened. We're already up to $1.52. I better start rationing.

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u/dullship Canada 1d ago

You're clearly just lazy. Make it yourself. Just grow some mustard seeds in your backyard with your egg laying chickens. Then make your own vinegar and white wine. Plant some Tumeric...

/s

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u/GeekShallInherit 1d ago

Can't I just like milk a mustardon or something?

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u/dullship Canada 1d ago

Just make sure it's a female...

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u/GeekShallInherit 1d ago

Oh, yeah... I must have been thinking about mayo.

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u/joecarter93 1d ago

Hannity acted like Dijon mustard was some luxury good that only the elite can afford, while you can go into any supermarket and choose from multiple brands of Dijon for a few dollars.

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u/willscuba4food 22h ago

It honestly made me branch out from the regular French's.

I'm kind of glady Hannity got his panties in a knot. It was when I would watch a bit of Fox then the daily show and Colbert report. It was also weird to me that the comedians discussed the substance and the "real news" guys like Glenn Beck or Hannity or O'Reilly would just kind of go "I can't believe it, it's the worst, and if you don't think so, maybe you're watching the wrong channel."

I think I bought two new "fancy" mustards next time I went to the store.

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u/dullship Canada 1d ago

They're all good mustards, Brent.

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u/RaygunMarksman 1d ago

Hell yeah, I love all mustards equally.

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u/phrenq 1d ago

12/10 the mustards were good again

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u/readytofall 1d ago

Trump likes his steaks well done and with ketchup. That's so much worse

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u/xelf 23h ago

To be fair that was their advertising campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6WADh8vk3A

(not that I agree with fox or anything, I can just see where the idea came from)

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u/nimkeenator 22h ago

Imagine if he had gold faucets.

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u/RamJamR 21h ago

With all the uneeded food related political drama BS conservatives have made, they didn't have any criticism for Trump having his name heat stamped on burger buns at his Mar-a-lago estate. How narcissistic do you have to be?