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/codejunkie34 1d ago

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

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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/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.