The elephant in the room ... 'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

[CrusaderFrank]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

I see things differently. Trump is obsessed with Obama. The DOJ is readying a case against the elephant-eared faggot and Trump wants him in jail where he belongs.

Like Dopey Donald Trump locked up Hillary? MAGAnut extremists Hossfly and his ilk will believe the most preposterous lies from Dopey Donald Trump.

Trump hasn't hit back yet!!

I told you stupid fucks you were making a huge mistake going after Trump because HE'S NOT A CUCKED REPUBLICAN!!!

He's a counterpuncher and he's going to clean your clocks!

 

[Weatherman2020]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

Who’s Obama?

Who was Dopey Donald Trump?

The man who made America great again.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Obama's legacy is another Trump failure.

"Trump has a problem where I think he’s just jealous of the fact that Obama is still so admired"

Tara Setmayer [a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill​

Name one Obama accomplishment.
I’ll wait.

 

[BluesLegend]

President Trump took a wrecking ball to the Obama legacy, slammed Dem states with the SALT cap tax increases, stacked the SCOTUS and federal courts with conservative judges, passed an historic tax cut for businesses, eliminate thousands of government regulations, while mocking the fake news and calling out Dem leaders as third rate politicians. Obama's ancestors felt that beating

 

[Weatherman2020]

Obama's legacy is another Trump failure.

"Trump has a problem where I think he’s just jealous of the fact that Obama is still so admired"

Tara Setmayer [a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill​

Since you can’t think of any accomplishments by Obama let me help you.
He destroyed the Democratic Party, turned the House and Senate into Republican control and eventually made the SCOTUS conservative for the first time in generations.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

Barry the Magnificent lied.
He did spy on Trump's campaign.
Did you know that it is highly illegal to do that?

 

[GWV5903]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

Obama's nervous now, he knows he is about to be exposed for the worthless piece of shit he truly is...

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

Barry the Magnificent lied.
He did spy on Trump's campaign.
Did you know that it is highly illegal to do that?

No, he didn’t.

 

[Coyote]

His obsession with Obama is bizarre...started with hi fervent adherence to the Birther Conspiracy Theory. Thing is...no matter what Trump does, Obama is still much more widely respected.

 

[Hossfly]

Obama's legacy is another Trump failure.

"Trump has a problem where I think he’s just jealous of the fact that Obama is still so admired"

Tara Setmayer [a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill​

What type of people admire the faggot son of a crack whore?

 

[22lcidw]

Obama's legacy is another Trump failure.

"Trump has a problem where I think he’s just jealous of the fact that Obama is still so admired"

Tara Setmayer [a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill​

The real issue is Obama was mediocre but expensive. And in history there are despots that are hated and there are despots not so much. Please tell me how much it improved in inner city areas. The gay and feminist agendas made out great. And the standards lowered for better jobs to accommadate diversity were pushed. The destruction of traditional marriage became even more of a standard as single parent families became even more celebrated. Gay parents and straight parents even push their kids to be gay now. You know. Conditions can change. And change rapidly. And with that the way people think on issues and they can be drastic. We have forgotten that people have suffered economically in our nation in higher numbers in our history. And if it happened before it can happen again.

 

[WelfareQueen]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

Okay, I see. It's your daily insane Trump thread. Carry on.......

 

[ColonelAngus]

Obama Spied on the Trump campaign and tried to set him up as a Russian asset. Of course Trump is obsessed.

 

[bodecea]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

We can expect a BIGLY tweet storm over tonight's Graduation show because it was initiated by the Obamas.

 

[bodecea]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

and with each thread you throw up you show your obsession with trump....how are you any different?.....

It's not like he holds any position of responsibility or power or anything.............................

 

[ColonelAngus]

Obama’s secret service code name was Renegade. How appropriate!

 

[Cellblock2429]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

I see things differently. Trump is obsessed with Obama. The DOJ is readying a case against the elephant-eared faggot and Trump wants him in jail where he belongs.

Still, no definition of Obamagate. Let's be honest here, Trump wouldn't know the particulars unless one of his tweeters, texters, or somebody from Fox or OAN gave him those talking points.

/——-/ “ Let's be honest here,”
It is impossible for you libtards to be honest about anything. Nothing in your post can be proven, it’s just your blind, stupid TDS.

 

[Elton]

Obama publicly humiliated Donald Trump and Trump has not recovered from the humilation: "Setmayer points to the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where Trump sat stony-faced and humiliated as Obama lampooned the Celebrity Apprentice host’s nascent political ambitions. Obama even pointed to a photoshopped image of a Trump White House with hotel, casino, golf course and gold columns."

It is very evident that Donald Trump is envious of Obama and has set out to destroy as much of Obama's legislation and executive orders as he can.

This is Trump's big weakness. People can rile and antagonize Donald Trump into a state of apoplexy by praising Obama and comparing Trump's performance and poll numbers negatively to Obama. The economic effect of the Covid19 pandemic has created huge opportunities for antagonizing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be provoked into a frenzied campaign of online rants and rages by a deliberate campaign by Democrats to provoke him and deflect him from doing anything other than just raging at Obama and the media.

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

by David Smith in Washington
Published Sat 16 May 2020

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” ...

I think you have that backwards. Trump winning was the ultimate revenge and with the recent revelations that Obama was behind the coup attempt and you are gong to see Obama getting worried. I hope. If this crime is allowed to go unpunished then this republic is headed for oblivion.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

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