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/glass_gravy 1d ago

Finally.

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u/SchroedingersSphere 1d ago edited 1d ago

Probably going to get downvoted for saying this, I understand wanting to step down from politics, but a lot of people looked to Obama for words of encouragement and it's a little disappointing how long it took him to stand up and say something. Especially since Obama is the only person that really terrifies Trump. He could have made a bigger impact by speaking up sooner. Either way, thanks Obama.

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u/Redtube_Guy 1d ago

He could have made a bigger impact by speaking up sooner.

wishful thinking. you think the conservatives who demonized him for 8 years would actually listen to him?

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u/SchroedingersSphere 1d ago

Taylor Swift mentioned the Primaries one time, and the next day was one of the biggest Primary turnouts in DNC history. She was a pop star but Obama is popular too. Obama has the respect of a lot of people, post-term, who see what he did.

No, conservatives aren't going to change their minds if Obama spoke out. But there were massive amounts of people who were on the fence, sat the election out, voted for who their spouse voted for, etc. who would have been encouraged to take the election seriously and vote. Those are the people I mean.

Would it have been a game changer? Definitely not. But it would have at least reinvigorated the undecided folks who were disenfranchised.

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u/Redtube_Guy 18h ago

okay i see what you mean now.