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Miles Archer

(22,360 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:39 PM 9 hrs ago

You already know this, but...here's one big reason why Barack Obama is a genius when it comes to political savvy.

POP QUIZ.

What is the WORST WAY that you can POSSIBLY RESPOND to Trump's bullying / racism / name-calling / etc?

ANSWER:

Dismiss him. And ESPECIALLY if you can call him a clown and a fool as part of your response.

I think there's a 50-50 chance that Obama painting Trump as a reality TV moron at the White House Correspondents Dinner was a motivating factor in not only Trump's run for a political career, but his burning hatred for Obama. He committed TWO CARDINAL SINS against Trump...1). He was born an African American, and 2). AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, he had the GALL to MOCK Trump. HOW DARE HE!



So...the impetuous karate student lunges at the Master, and the Master simply glides out of his way so that he runs head-first into a brick wall.

Ladies and Gentlemen, President Barack Obama.


‘Clown show’: Obama addresses Trump’s racist video depicting him and his wife
Obama’s comments in an interview that aired Saturday are the first time he has spoken publicly about the video, which drew bipartisan outrage.

https://www.ms.now/news/clown-show-obama-addresses-trumps-racist-video

Former President Barack Obama has addressed the racist video posted by President Donald Trump depicting him and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, calling his successor’s behavior “deeply troubling.”

“Just days ago Donald Trump put a picture of you, your face on an ape’s body — and so again, we’ve kind of seen the devolution of the discourse,” journalist Brian Tyler Cohen said in an interview that aired Saturday. “How do we come back from the place that we have fallen into?”

“First of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” Obama responded. “It is true that it gets attention. It’s true that it’s a distraction, but as I’m traveling around the country, as you’re traveling around the country, you meet people — they still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness.”

Obama said that there is a “sort of clown show” playing out on social media and on television, adding: “What is true is there doesn’t seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sense of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office. So that’s been lost.”
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