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/TheMarkHasBeenMade America 1d ago

A bigger impact on who? The people who are all ready watching all this in horror? We know all ready. Barry saying something about it doesn’t change anything - no one who was on the fence or on the other side of it before is going to idly watch everything Trump has done without reaction but then all of a sudden have a “woke” moment because Obama spoke up about it.

Did anyone honestly believe Obama would do anything but condemn this massive crock of bullshit?

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u/Yamza_ 1d ago

Yeah, that's the thing. We all know what Obama would say. Does him saying it really do anything? No, not really. Just leave him alone, this isn't his fight anymore.

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u/BedlamiteSeer 1d ago

He is a politically active citizen of this country with a massive amount of soft power and influence. It IS his fight as much as anyone's. We NEED him.

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u/Yamza_ 1d ago

WE failed him in 2016 and 2024. WHY should he come back for us. We don't deserve him.

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u/BedlamiteSeer 1d ago

I don't agree, I am not going to write off everyone because some assholes have seized control. That's insanity.

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u/Yamza_ 1d ago

Obama is not our daddy, just like Trump is not our daddy. This is a problem that we need to solve ourselves. I'm not saying everyone should be written off, I'm saying what is happening is what we actually deserve. If we want better then we need to do and be better.