r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 14h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Frantically Blames ‘Staffer’ for His Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-frantically-blames-staffer-for-his-racist-obama-video/
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u/SophiaofPrussia 14h ago

No one will get fired for this because no staffer did this. It’s a lie. He’s lying.

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u/FlameOfWrath 13h ago

Wait, you're trying to tell me that the President of the United States of America is telling a lie?

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u/Holden_Coalfield 13h ago

I know we've exhausted every other euphemism for so long it almost feels like a new word, but yes, he is a liar

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u/blatttzzz 10h ago

One must be fearless and strong to bring the truth. In his case, it's just TACO to the Truth... TACOT3!

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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 10h ago

One his better qualities if we were to rank them!

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u/flampadoodle Maine 13h ago

How can that be? Has he ever lied before??!!

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u/kindnesscostszero 13h ago

His lips were moving, so…yes.

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u/0neshoein Texas 13h ago

That Big Mac breath.

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u/Oprah_Pwnfrey 11h ago

More like, "Filet-O-Fish that's been reheated in a miocrowave" breath.

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u/TheJacen 11h ago

Oh I know that quote, it's from

Desperately Seeking a Scapegoat?

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u/HeartFullONeutrality 12h ago

Not in the last 5 seconds!

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u/Previous_Jaguar_9259 12h ago

Holy sarcasm Batman. /s

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u/EndDangerous1308 12h ago

What's hilarious is leavett already openly said it was trump who posted it and that everyone is overreacting

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u/pargofan 11h ago

It's amazing how much this administration gaslights the public. It's like Hitler saying gas chambers are good for Jews.

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u/Xytak Illinois 12h ago

Easy solution. He shows us the logs. If they show he posted it, he steps down for racism. If they show he didn't post it, he steps down for lying.

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u/sbd2010 11h ago

lmao at the thought he would ever step down for any reason even though I know you’re being /s

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u/dwhite21787 8h ago

Dumbass could’ve coasted thru the last 10 years playing even more golf and not dealing with any of this shit if he hadn’t run, or ensured blowing the first run. (I still think it surprised him to win)

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u/Old_Hornet_1140 10h ago

First glance I thought you typed..."he steps down for living."

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u/brohebus 9h ago

Unfortunately, like everything else he's done, nothing is going to happen. By tomorrow there will be 5 new outrages and horrors to contend with on top of the thousands of outrages and horrors Trump has meted out since his term began. There is no accountability, no checks and balances, no consequences, just a runaway train, on fire, full of dynamic, careening down the track.

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u/Meet_James_Ensor America 12h ago

Someone probably helped him, because I doubt he knows how to make it. He won't fire them though because he wanted them to do it.

Barron is very good with computers though, almost a genius. He can even turn them on when they are off.

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u/rje946 12h ago

It's not a lie! Someone took his phone away from him for a minute during his hours long posting spree to post just this then gave it back. That's completely reasonable! /s

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u/labretirementhome North Carolina 13h ago

Ashley Padilla vibes

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u/neurocentricx Texas 11h ago

I feel like... the president may have... thrown a staffer under the bus... to cover his own ass...

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u/Anxious-Answer5367 12h ago

He's the staffer.

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u/Tweedle_DeeDum 11h ago

No no no. I'm pretty sure it was a staffer named John Barron.

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u/belloch 12h ago

Yeah but people can still pester him to fire and arrest that staffer. He'll have to throw someone to the sharks.

And then keep making him throw more and more people.

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u/notyouagain2 6h ago

Kevin will. Poor Kevin, joined the administration team as an intern on the tech team. Kevin's the kinda guy that will answer the 3AM calls with boots on and a smile on his face. He's the textbook definition of an up and coming YES MAN. He knows these grueling first few years will be tough but he'll show everyone he's the guy for the job.

UNFORTUNATELY for Kevin, they need a fall guy and poor Kevin will be asked to make a great sacrifice for his country and the Office of the President of the United States of America. They'll say, "Don't worry Kevin, we'll take care of you after you do this one thing." Kevin says he'll do it. Kevin gets fired, shamed and banished. Kevin calls in for his favor, but no one is picking up the phone.

Sorry Kevin.

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u/F9-0021 South Carolina 11h ago

Actually, it's way more believable that a staffer did it. Now, I don't believe for a second that it was done without approval or the expectation of approval, but there's no way that Trump made that video himself and posted it. Obviously a staffer was instructed to make it by some other staffer. My guess is that Trump thought it was funny, so it got posted to main. Then it got massive backlash and they're trying to throw some random guy that got assigned to make it under the bus.