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/EE_Tim 1d ago

It's called the Two Santas Strategy and it's by design.

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u/EE_Tim 1d ago

I think there's a definite nefariousness that comes from the fact that it is a concerted effort on their part, separate from the historical proof of it in action.

People are idiots if they fall for that.

People are idiots, that's why we are where we are as a nation.

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u/carz4us 15h ago

And mix in racism and sexism to seal the deal

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u/EE_Tim 9h ago

I've been assured from conservatives that racism was solved in the 60s. Please ignore the LA riots, the Watts riots, the Miami riots, the BLM protests, the Charleston United the Right etc. etc.