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/Deicide1031 1d ago

Obama probably could have gotten away with it if he had a network like Fox News spreading propaganda on his behalf 24/7.

As an example, In the 80s/90s Trump was deemed a clown and actively made fun of because of his bankruptcies and wasting his families wealth. Wouldn’t be until he was portrayed as competent on The Apprentice and later Fox News that he became bullet proof.

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u/Ok_Information_9382 1d ago

No. He wouldn’t have. He’s Black

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u/DevelopmentGrand4331 1d ago

There’s also an asymmetry in the types of people we’re talking about. MAGA people are particularly conformist, dumb, and uneducated, and used to being indoctrinated into believing silly stuff. There isn’t really a comparable group among Democrats, or at least not such a large uniform group.

They’re too inclined to want diversity and non-conformity.