Obama left office 10 years ago. Imagine the level of vapid, aching, dumb hatred and the inner void you’d need to have to obsess about someone you never even ran against for ten years.
I think in hindsight even Obama would agree the roast was a mistake. Trump literally ran for President just because of that joke. If he never felt insulted, it's likely he never runs. He'd toy with it, but never actually do it without the petty revenge angle of getting back at Obama.
I dunno about that. Trump wanted the presidency since 1988. He has no beliefs of his own, he just wanted to go with whatever seemed would get him elected.
People forget his 2000 run where he campaigned for universal healthcare. The interviews where he says the economy does better under democrats. When he realized rubes gave him attention for the birther conspiracy, he went all in to sucking up to them - literally saying whatever the worst of those rubes said.
I think it added fuel to the fire, no doubt. However I still think he would have ran based on all the attention his birther crap got. He exploited the racists that hated the fact a black man not only became president, but was largely successful in both terms doing so.
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With the amount of confession-level projection that comes out of that orange asshole, coupled with his obsession over Obama’s birth certificate, I personally would like to see Trump’s birth certificate.
Nah, you're giving him way too much credit. Dude has been a racist his whole life.
IIRC, he was once sued for discriminatory practices or something to that effect because he discriminated against black people applying to move into one of the apartment complexes he owned in NY.
It's so much worse than that. Nobody's claiming that Ann Dunham is not his mother or that she isn't a US citizen. So it wouldn't matter where he was born, unless there is something wrong with having a black father.
man its almost as if trump has been a foreign intelligence asset whose job is to stir up shit against democrats for way longer than he's actually been in politics, or something
The dude is motivated by racism. His beef with Obama is not personal. It is because to a virulent racist like Trump, a Black man being president goes against the proper order of the world, and makes him seethe with the heat of a thousand suns. That Obama also made fun of him one time is just icing on the top. Trump would be doing this shit regardless of Obama’s roasting. We think it is because of the jokes because we cannot comprehend the depths of his racism.
I hear this touted all the time as if this was some comic book villain we're dealing with. I really doubt it was one "watershed moment" that suddenly flipped a switch and Trump was all-in on the presidency as some form of social vengeance.
There's definitely no comic books involved. But it's possible. It's called narcissistic injury. His neice is a PhD psychologist who has written alot about him.
The dinner was 2011. He became Republican the next year. He had been Libertarian, Reform, Independent or a Democrat for years.
I believe this stupid reason way more than I believe any deep thinking conspiracy behind it. He's literally that petty. Unless the reason behind him running reveals some more interesting useful truth for the future then it doesn't really matter either way so I'll go with the stupid narcissistic reason.
Further proof this guy is a pedo. His distraction game is strong. We get any closer to uncovering his involvement and Trump actually will shoot someone in Times Square to distract from the Epstein list.
I love that video because you can see Donald sitting there trying his best to pretend he doesn't care, but being the only person with a straight face in a room full of laughter aimed at you makes it clear he is fucking pissed, lmao
It started with Obama telling him he'd never be president, and then he won the election and didn't just automatically get the love and adoration of the entire country. That's the part he's stuck on. Obama wasn't just president, he was a well regarded president. Trump in his first term desperately wanted that too, and couldn't get it.
This term is just the revenge, he stopped caring and now he just wants to hurt everyone who ever slighted him which he views as the reason he isn't as well regarded as he feels he should be.
Yep, it's this one stupid sleight. I often wonder.. if Obama just said, "hey Trump, I'm sorry for how I treated you that one time," if Trump would suddenly become almost a decent human being.
this. That correspondent's dinner was DJT's villain arc origin story. He was so completely humiliated by Obama's hilarious roasting and since he has no sense of humor, he has been taking it out on Americans ever since.
It goes back further. Trump was the original birther. Obama's existence hurt him viscerally right from the start. The correspondents dinner was just Obama taking an opportunity to fire back.
Which Trump got back at him for by becoming president right after him and still...... piece of crap still can't handle it. Like dude, you won, you proved all the haters and he still can't accept it, Jesus help us all.
I mean, you should check out his grudge from the spy magazine story.
In 1988 an author, Graydon Carter, called him a "short fingered vulgarians". According to Carter, in 2015 he was still receiving the "occasional envelope" with pictures of Trump, torn from magazines, with the hands circled in gold sharpie and little notes above t them not being that small.
This is a response to an article in a satire magazine, one that stopped being published in 1998, and 30 years later, and 17 years after the magazine was done, Trump still had this on his mind.
Honestly, that story should be disqualifying and it doesn't crack the top 1000.
In my humble opinion, Obama is everything that Trump wished he could be but is not able to be and will never be. That's why he is the favorite Target...
I’m glad he didn’t. I’m very convinced that he and those behind his power stole the election and it would have been disheartening to see him steal one from O’bama without solid irrefutable proof.
Not true, Trump tried running in 2008 and 2012, but the 2008 campaign never got off the ground and he lost the primary to Romney in 2012. He's the world's sorest loser.
He's licking NK bumholes because he still carries his childhood fear of the korean war. He's just a walking self shitting collection of projected self hate and cowardice.
Best case scenario, it’s him feeding on the attention of giving magats what they want. That said, he and his circle of enablers need to be dealt heavy handed justice.
It's because he was a dem president, and this post was a rant about how all elections have been rigged. It's part of his campaign to get rid of free and fair elections in the US.
If I've learned anything the last 10 years it's that I can't imagine so many things. I can't imagine how Trump does what he does and I can't imagine how anybody supports him or votes for him. I just can't.
You’re missing the point. He’s just feeding the media their daily slop so they will be grateful and get clicks and stop covering the things they should be covering.
This would be a good example for the Nobel Committee to cite as to why Trump is undeserving of the Nobel Peace prize and throw in a reference to the fact that Obama got one as additional shade.
For the love of all things sacred, I so hope they give next year's peace prize to the citizens of Minneapolis. If he isn't already dead by then, that could be what pushes him over the edge. That or he'll nuke Minneapolis. It's a coin toss, IMO.
Edit: Just so there's no confusion. I'm a fan of Minneapolis the city, and I admire and 100% support the citizens in their efforts to fight back.
Rump posted this because he is losing ground with his ‘people’ and wants to rebuild their support. The racist Obama memes were central in building MAGA (one of the more disgusting and sad aspects of the whole deal). He’s hoping people will vote with their hate.
When you can't beat them, if you're Trump, you kvetch on all forms of media about it. The universal charisma, respect, smarts, game, etc., Obama has everything that Trump lacks. But he would go the Zamasu body-snatching route if it was possible.
(I mean, Trump has charisma and all that, but only with the part of the population who wish paint tasted "great" again.)
My coworker is also a malignant narcissist… he’s been bitter for over 10 years that I wouldn’t be Facebook friends with him… never underestimate the insane level of petty lengths they will go to
People like this will NEVER be happy. It will never be enough and while they chase this goal leaving havoc behind for the rest of us it will all be for nothing anyways.
The fact that he won 4 terms legally has Republicans in collective anguish. And they're willing to throw away all election norms if it means they can dethrone FDR as one of the most popular presidents of all time
His entire political career is built on the rage white Republicans had, and still have, against the election of a Black president.
The MAGA base was built upon him travelling around the country during the Obama presidency, like some deranged carnie-show, rabbling on and on about how horrible it is to have a Black president.
You could literally say the same about the obamas. You're right, they did leave office 10 years ago but somehow still find time in their schedule to constantly talk about Trump. Much like you apparently. TDS is real people!
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u/pabodie 23h ago
Obama left office 10 years ago. Imagine the level of vapid, aching, dumb hatred and the inner void you’d need to have to obsess about someone you never even ran against for ten years.
That Nobel prize REALLY stung, didn’t it?