President Trump Always Seemed Unhealthily Obsessed With Barack Obama

 

This is a picture of a magnet that was being sold at Strand's Book Store in New York City a few years ago. No, I did not buy it, but I liked it and took a picture, which I am sharing here now. 

Trump always seems just incredibly obsessed with his political rivals. And that seems particularly true of former President Barack Obama.

Now let me just say that I do not consider myself a fan of either Obama or Trump. That said, sometimes I miss the days when we had a president who was not so clearly a national embarrassment as Trump proves to be, time and time again.

Like him or not - and I have many more criticisms of him than most people who are opposed to Trump generally do - Obama was clearly intelligent and well-spoken. He also felt like a real person, and did not bend over backwards to put on airs.

Meanwhile, Trump has that ridiculous fake orange tan, bizarre hair that may be real but is clearly done in a way to hide what otherwise would be baldness, and is fake in so many other ways, as well. Case in point, when Trump made claims (clearly false) that he was 6'3 and 239 pounds. Remember when they showed a picture of a professional athlete  - former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler - who actually matched that physical description. They put a picture of Cutler, a trim athlete, next to Trump, typically playing golf with his fat ass and big belly hanging out, and you know that something is wrong in that description.

That Trump lies is not even questionable. The issue now is that he lies so much, and about everything, that you literally cannot believe anything that he says, because there is a good likelihood that he is lying. People - particularly Trump fans - tend to wave that off. But it is not a minor issue.

In fact, it is a disgrace.

As is Trump's conduct, which is more than just a bit immature. He is an overgrown child, frankly. There is literally not one admirable thing that I can see in the man. The few things which he does well - like self-promotion and self-preservation - are also done in such a tacky and tasteless way as to be disgusting.

Admittedly, I never saw the appeal of Trump.

And while I am not the biggest fan of Obama, at least he was real. You might not like him or what he does. But he clearly was a man who had come a long way, a self-made man who was not born into enormous privileges like Trump was, and then pretends otherwise.

Frankly, it feels like Trump's obsession with bringing up Obama over and over again does him a disservice. Because then you cannot help but compare him with Obama and, frankly, in almost every way, Trump is found lacking. 

What an embarrassment Trump is. And yeah, I would take Obama over Trump any day. 

‘So jealous of him’: Trump is thrown off by a reporter’s question, then turns the heat on Barack Obama in a way that has fans saying the same thing Story by Y. Kyles • 2d •

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‘So jealous of him’: Trump is thrown off by a reporter’s question, then turns the heat on Barack Obama in a way that has fans saying the same thing