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/LindonLilBlueBalls 1d ago

It is very unusual and bit of a faux pas for former presidents to comment on the current president. I can understand his hesitation, but like many other things, the republicans have destroyed normalcy and tradition. Democrats of past and present need to stop clingy to the past and the "high road" in order to actually save this country from itself.

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u/prplx 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is true and a long standing tradition that was respected by every former President … until Trump. After his first term, He spend 4 years insulting and commenting on everything Biden was doing. There is zero reason for the other Presidents not to do the same to him now. Specially the Democrat ones. Give him his own medicine.

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u/Oscar_Ladybird 1d ago

trump being an asshole post-presidency to Biden wasn't the reason to abandon the norm. trump being an existential threat to democracy is why every living president should have abandoned it, well before the election.