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/Ok_Information_9382 1d ago

No. He wouldn’t have. He’s Black

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u/JadedAsparagus9639 Indiana 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah the first black person had to be absolutely perfect to get elected, and Obama was. They wouldn’t have made fun of him wearing a tan suit for months if they had anything else on him

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u/KarlBarx2 1d ago

Absolutely perfect in his personal life. Obama was certainly not perfect as a President, but the public doesn't care about policy, so the most common criticisms of Obama are, quite literally, skin deep.

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u/bp92009 1d ago

That's not true, he also (checks notes) wore a tan suit and (checks again) asked for Dijon Mustard that one time.