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/Spiritual-Society185 1d ago

Someone said during the election something like "Trump is the first candidate in history whose supporters hope he doesn't keep his promises."

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u/tasman001 18h ago

That is actually an extremely sobering and upsetting thing to consider.

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u/Kana515 15h ago

I saw it once as,

Democrats to their politicians: "I hope he does what he said he'd do."

Republicans to their politicians: "I hope he doesn't do what he said he'd do."

Like, who is forcing these people? If somebody walked up to me and said, "Hey, if you give me a gun, I'll shoot you." I'm not gonna hand them a gun and say, "You better not shoot me..."