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According to a report on the reemergence of former President Barack Obama into the public square after giving a scathing speech attacking Donald Trump, White House insiders are worried that Trump will now become obsessed with going after the former president.
Politico reports that insiders claim Trump has long complained about the fawning coverage and adulation that he believes Obama has received, even after leaving the White House, which has been exacerbated by the presidents dismay at the fawning coverage given to the late Sen. John McCain in the past two weeks.
With the adulation lavished on Obamas speech in Illinois on Friday, where he repeatedly took shots at Trump, saying Trumps Twitter feed is nothing more than an electronic versions of bread and circuses, insiders worry Obamas return could throw Trump off his game.
Trump also sees Obama as a much more formidable political opponent than Hillary Clinton, the one he actually beat, and Trumps allies have privately worried that the 44th president could get in his successors head, Politico reports, adding, Asked what they had to say about Obamas attacks on Trump coming at the end of a head-exploding week in the middle of the darkest period of his presidency so far multiple Trump White House aides and people close to him said they didnt want to get into it, letting the presidents words speak for themselves.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/white-house-aides-frantic-return-obama-getting-trumps-head/
Squinch
(50,949 posts)Last edited Sat Sep 8, 2018, 06:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Oh dear.
I wonder what led his insiders to believe he was ever ON any game.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)PJMcK
(22,031 posts)You signature line is profound, grantcart. Mind if I share that thought with others?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)magicarpet
(14,144 posts).... Team trDump is afraid that Obama's push back will knock trDump on his ass and he will not permit trDump to get up off the floor until Obama has wrestled both the Senate and the House from trDump's death grip and Despotic control.
Then with Dems in the majority of both Houses of Congress real checks and balances against this conman and his criminal syndicate can commence in earnest.
JHB
(37,158 posts)Trump's "game" is like Calvinball, except to score points you have to kick the ball into Susie Derwins' head. Or kick her head directly.
PJMcK
(22,031 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)"his game"...oh please!
trusty elf
(7,387 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)Metro135
(359 posts)It would nice if SOMETHING were inside Trump's head.
Mopar151
(9,980 posts)With breathing gear. Gonna be like repair day at the sewage plant in there.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)yardwork
(61,588 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)Thank God for a real president. Let's hope he gets inside that orange head big time and turns the babbling idiot into even more of a babbling idiot!
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)that finally pushes IQ45 over the edge.
In all of my dreams I couldn't imagine a more appropriate and deserving (well, OK, perhaps Hillary too) person to do it than PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!
NBachers
(17,107 posts)FirstLight
(13,360 posts)It's good that Hillary is staying out of it. She's too close to this because of being his opponent...Obama is the one who has to save his legacy. And Drumfp could never take him on directly...
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)that somebody better than he is will emerge.
No worries, Donnie, there are LOTS of people out there better than you.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)erronis
(15,241 posts)The noise and stink inside of that shit hole stuck on its tiny neck and gross torso must be overwhelming. Too bad momma Drumpf didn't believe in coat hangars 71 years ago.
magicarpet
(14,144 posts)Then flushed the dead blob down the toilet into the New York sewage system.
NNadir
(33,512 posts)...would rather enjoy a well deserved retirement, but he loves his country too much to let this nonsense go on endlessly.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)BwaHAA!
Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)iluvtennis
(19,850 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)"It's the emptiest that this country has ever had!"
"Medical science (if we believed in science) wants it for examination when I finally decide I'm done with it."
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)I read that phrase every damn week.
RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)What game is that? Tic Tac Toe?
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)and he cheats.
onethatcares
(16,166 posts)and he never gets past square 2
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)Only in a real-life version, when he draws this card he wouldn't be able to buy his way out of jail.
NotASurfer
(2,149 posts)Would make a GREAT gift to send to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
FirstLight
(13,360 posts)GOOD!!!!
Maybe our wonderful Obama's actual ability to put together a coherent sentence or many will finally cause the Cheeto to devolve into King George-style actual breakdown. I told you guys ...other than seeing him frog-walked out the front doors, the other best way for him to leave the WH would be in a straightjacket, foaming, and strapped to a gurney!
Bring it!!!!
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)Muzzle that mouth.
azureblue
(2,146 posts)That Obama's return to the spotlight will be the thing that will drive him over the edge, to the point where he will do something so bad that the GOP will have no choice but to remove him from office. He will obsess over Obama and forget everything else but putting this "uppity Negra" in his place...
Don's petty little act has been to try to drag Obama down to his level and erase his legacy. With Obama back in action, his worst fears have come true..
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)What I saw of Obama's speech I thought was reasoned and mild, though he always did have a way of using thought and substance more than theatrics and pyrotechnics.
So far, Democrats are waging a strong election ... we've really got it going!
malaise
(268,931 posts)His jealousy of Obama will bring him down. I'm betting he's watching right now.
So glad we're getting live coverage
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)approved of a blue ball cap design to counter those damned MAGA hats, and sell them at every Democratic rally!.....
Profits could go to a displaced refugee and immigrant children's defense fund.......
gordianot
(15,237 posts)It was only with the support of the Russians. Trump is nothing but a broke loser has been without his Russian money. Obama stood eye to eye with Putin. Trump the loser is Putins poodle.
oasis
(49,376 posts)and GOP going to look like if they constantly bring up Maxine Waters' "impeachment speak" to get their base to the polls?
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)with everything he's got. Double down.
I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He's back! With a vengeance! Bwahahahah!
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)That will make Trump do a Linda Blair .
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He doesn't speak or understand mature, adult language that isn't all about him. He must know, however, that Obama is head and shoulders above him on every level and it's eating him alive.
Poor Donald! This was a very baaaaad week for him.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)True Dough
(17,302 posts)I'm more disturbed by Trump's progress in undoing Obama's legacy while in office. So many executive orders from Trump to reverse course, taking America in the wrong direction. SAD!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Here's the actual article:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/07/obama-trump-speech-2018-811257
Note that Raw Story puts its own writer's name in the byline, even though the piece was not written by that person and was in actuality lifted from Politico.
Andrew Restuccia and Edward-Isaac Dovere are the reporters who should be credited for this piece, not Tom Boggioni.
I wish DU would ban Raw Story from being posted here - they are shameless.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)Used to be a good site years ago but they've lost their way. Very commercial now and they're threatening limited access.
Damn thing overloads my computer with auto-play videos and commercial click-bait.....
So long RawStory, there's plenty of good progressive web sites that have not been consumed by greed!.....
Roadside Attraction
(238 posts)And I thought I was the only one with that problem.
I was a regular Raw Story reader -- 2-3 times a day. Now, maybe once a week for that reason -- too much junk.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)Crooks & Liars not so bad, but they're getting there.
I shouldn't complain after enjoying their free progressive news for many years........
Kingofalldems
(38,451 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)A must-have!
dawnie51
(959 posts)that's the key to destroying Dump. Make him the object of ridicule, always and forever, a laughing stock, a joke; it's his biggest fear, and would be the easiest ploy to use. Just as he attempts to make pathetic stooges of HIS supposed enemies (Jeb, Rubio, Hillary), make his name synonymous with stupidity and abject failure.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)And, we need to make sure that name is attached as a badge of dishonor onto every single Repug that has supported him through this madness.
pazzyanne
(6,547 posts)I wouldn't wish my worst enemy the sentence of living in dotard's head. Needling him endlessly I highly approve of however. Stay safe, President Obama. There are a lot of tRump crazies out there!
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)President Obama is impeccable-- I was lying awake last night, thinking about his many qualities
His intellect, his fairness, his compassion, his sense of humor, his eloquence, his strength, his courage, his honesty...
So many things
All this enrages dumdum-- PLUS Obama and Michelle are like honeymooners after all their years of marriage.
Beautiful to behold.
dumdum and what's-her-name?? A sham
And, of course, dumdum has NO qualities I can think of. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
He's a thoroughly despicable human being
Just a few thoughts
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Even a middle aged guy like me must admit, he is a very good looking man.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Too bad we can't clone him
Owl
(3,641 posts)Nitram
(22,791 posts)Trump is suffering an abundance of slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Here's another:
A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality
Nitram
(22,791 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,755 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)which could actually be kinda smart. Instead they took the dumbest route possible and enlisted Sebastian Gorka , yes the nazi Sebastian Gorka to counter Obama. Truly in every way these have to be the dumbest people alive currently operating in our White House.
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/09/nazi-sympathizer-sebastian-gorka-ridicules
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)So many of his quotes, remarks, or tweets ( crazier than acknowledged so far) are entirely unworthy of any public official, let alone a head of state. I can't believe it's getting to be more than three years that some of the nation has swallowed this crap, and all but the supposed "far left" pundits have given it a pass. The man is a sociopath who may also becoming senile; the Electoral College was supposedly designed to ferret out such dangers to the nation. It was bad enough that Al Gore "lost" to Dubya Bush, although getting some half a million more votes: nearly three million more votes...ignored due to the Electoral College is TRULY insane. This is NOT a democracy.
marieo1
(1,402 posts)I am so proud of President Barack Obama and all democrats that speak out about DJT and all his allies. It's about time!!! Nothing is to be gained by 'being nice men and women". DJT is a very sadistic and mean person. I didn't call him president because he isn't our real president, we all know who really got elected. We all need to step up to bat now and fight like our lives depend on it, because they do.
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)piss his pants... the better it is for us!! BLUE WAVE!!!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Trump, the 5th grader
against
Obama, the college professor.
Bring it on.
NNadir
(33,512 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)and please, please be safe. 45 isn't the only crazy right winger out there.
lastlib
(23,214 posts)After all, sex, money and Hillary can only take up so many alpha waves....
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Bromwell
(123 posts)Vinca
(50,265 posts)Don's cult events look even smaller than they are.
BumRushDaShow
(128,858 posts)While the world plays tennis, he'll be off playing this -
blue-wave
(4,352 posts)You might go from orange to red.
Go Bama!!!!
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)Trump might engage President Obama in a battle
of wits and the asshole-in-chief is unarmed.
onetexan
(13,036 posts)And knows he's in over his head.
trixie2
(905 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)----BHO
heaven05
(18,124 posts)obsessed, an ignoramus with huge, racist streak who just cannot stomach that President Obama is an all-around better human being than the slug barely out of the ocean, now sliming up the WH floors along with his family of slugs. I hope trump is raging and raging and raging and maybe, just maybe... his head will explode.
Neema
(1,151 posts)There isn't a minute Obama doesn't occupy the dotard's thoughts. Because all the money, all the lies, all the bluster in the world can't buy 45 what Obama has: brains, class, wit, charm, good looks, and the deep love, affection and true respect of MILLIONS all over the world. The only people that love 45 are the nitwit, racist low-lifes in their MAGA hats and camo Crocs. He wouldn't be caught dead with them in public if he didn't need them so bad. His family only loves his money. And the rest of his "supporters" are only using them for their own gain. The don't love him, they certainly don't respect him. They probably laugh at him constantly when they're not grossed out by his boorishness.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)"about the fawning coverage and adulation that he believes Obama has received"
It's called, RESPECT for someone who was worthy of the office of President of the United States. And yes, love of a man who cares about his country and its people. Who cares about the world and the planet. Trump is incapable of understanding any of those things, so he rages against a man who is clearly his superior in every way. Oh, yes, and he's Black!!
Persondem
(1,936 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)He doesn't have any idea how to take someone like Obama on.
SergeStorms
(19,193 posts)people have a tendency to dislike lying, cheating, thieving assholes. You never learned - in your 72 years on earth - that people like people who are likeable, and who treat them with respect and dignity. Bullies aren't well liked, and you, Donald, are a loud mouthed bully. If you hadn't been born into wealth you'd be a poor asshole, instead of someone who inherited their wealth and is still an asshole.
Oh, and by the way Donald, fuck you!
pansypoo53219
(20,972 posts)kimbutgar
(21,130 posts)I would not be shocked that if the orange maggot got even more power he would start arresting Obama, Hillary and all his political enemies. I could see him going down the path of His idol Putin.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)not , meant sincerely.
AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)Which takes the heat off the rest of the Democrats!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)That's the actual Trump slogan, if it was brutally honest.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)"