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/Double-Bend-716 1d ago

He was an out of touch coastal elite because he likes brown mustard instead of yellow mustard.

Another time, he wasn’t masculine enough to lead the country because he wore a bicycle helmet

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u/PolyNecropolis 1d ago

coastal elite

Sidebar; Notice how the right entirely stopped using that term once they elected one (Trump)? Funny isn't it.

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u/bfodder 1d ago

No they use it. They are immune to the hypocrisy.

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u/Jonn-The-Human Canada 1d ago

You just don't get it, the draft dodger born with a silver spoon who lived in a gold plated New York high-rise doesn't count as a coastal elite because reasons.