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/innosins Kentucky 1d ago

He's fucking right. They'd be blowing the damn roof off the place if anyone else was pulling this bullshit.

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u/dIO__OIb 1d ago edited 18h ago

where is the republican congress? they need to be held accountable. this is not just trump, the GOP handed over their power and are silent. The republican party just passed the biggest tax increase in decades and tanked our 401ks. they need to go down. //edit: me bad mobile type

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u/AlphaGoldblum 1d ago

The old Republican guard is dead and gone. Now it's either full loyalty to MAGA or leaving the party altogether.

Some Republicans are grumbling about tariffs, but they know actually doing anything about it will cause the party and Trump to turn on them like sharks smelling blood in the water.

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u/GoodIdea321 America 1d ago

Sounds like it's a good time for them to switch parties, and switch how they vote.

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u/PerformanceCandid499 1d ago

Hey, the rural folk have been voting republican for generations. It's their "team" no matter how poorly they do. That's not going to change anytime soon. they'd still vote republican if the Republicans said they were going to throw them all in jail. They are not capable of critical thinking.

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u/zordonbyrd 1d ago

I live in a rural republican stronghold and I can confirm 100% they cannot critically think

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u/GoodIdea321 America 1d ago

Everyone is capable of critical thinking, it can be taught. Rural voters could change, the people who lived through the Great Depression and FDR voted for the Democratic party for decades. Not all of them of course, but millions.

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u/PerformanceCandid499 23h ago

True, its just so discouraging to watch. It feels like it's getting worse.

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u/GoodIdea321 America 22h ago

It's darkest before the dawn.

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u/owala_owl11 Florida 20h ago

I DONT UNDERSTAND! The republicans aren’t putting any money in their pockets. They’re raising their taxes and causing inflation with their little tariffs. But then the entire reason America was against Biden was because of how he handled the economy. Like how do republicans just NOT see this! Like if they’re gonna vote for the guy they should be honest. They’re not voting for him bc he’s a good businessman, or bc he’s saving their money and the economy, OR BECAUSE HES CHRISTIAN. Bc idc what anyone says, God did not call that man to be the president with all his spiteful and erratic energy. They simply voted for him because they like him and they don’t want to see a woman much less a minority in power that cares about the middle class.

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u/PerformanceCandid499 7h ago

It is becoming apparent that the Republicans voters will vote for someone that will cut off their nose as long as the party will attack DEI, abortion rights and treat minorities like crap. They don't care as long as they feel like they are stepping on someone.