We are nowhere near where we need to be - Obama - BBC News

While COP26 negotiators wrestle with a long list of knotty issues, their difficulties have been overshadowed by the box office power of former US President Barack Obama.

Obama Releases Best of 2020 Lists

 

Check out Pres. Obama’s list of his favorite books, music, and movies from 2020.

Barack Obama: Trump 'Exceeded' Worst Fears

 

From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party

 The Democratic Party is the longest-existing political party in the US, and arguably the world. But in its over 180 year existence, it's completed a remarkable ideological and geographic transformation.

Trump and Biden pull out the stops in battleground states | US election 2020

 In the US, Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have been campaigning in key states on the final weekend before the 2020 election. Biden was joined in Michigan by his former boss, Barack Obama, and Trump drew large crowds in Pannesylvania.

Remember When Fox News Freaked Over Obama's 'Latte Salute'

Remember when Fox News freaked out over Obama’s ‘latte salute’? — it was a different time.
 

Dana Bash Hits Sen. Ernst For Criticizing Obama's 'Failed Leadership' On Ebola

CNN's Dana Bash asked Sen. Joni Ernst whether she was willing to level the same criticism at Trump that she had for Obama back in 2014 when she attacked him for "failed leadership" on Ebola, which only two Americans died from.

By Heather

CNN's Dana Bash asked Sen. Joni Ernst whether she was willing to level the same criticism at Trump that she had for Obama back in 2014 when she attacked him for "failed leadership" on Ebola, which only two Americans died from. Ernst was probably hoping to filibuster her way out of answering, but finally answered when Bash asked her the second time.

Questions And Answers Sunday 17 May

Question: What's the best way to focus the spot light on your utter incompetence?
Answer: If you're Donald Trump you call former President Obama incompetent.

Question: Does magic really exist?
Answer: Apparently it does according to Eric Trump. (Is he Uday  or Qusay?) His intellect snatched from a Box of Cracker Jacks announced on Fox News that the coronavirus would magically disappear by summer.

Question: Busy politicians should engage in what activity during parliamentary debate?
Answer:   Watch crocodile videos in the Japanese Diet. 

Question: Is Donald Trump the racist white nationalist that he claims no to be?
Answer: Yes, as only a racist white nationalist would retweet the tweet of a racist white nationalist.

 Question: How do you cause rightwing heads to explode?
Answer:  Invite Greta Thunberg to participate on a discussion of the coronavirus. After all those her age might actually listen to the advise of experts on the panel.  

It’s A ‘Dangerous Moment’ If Trump Looks Obsessed With Obama

Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist the day after former President Barack Obama rebuked the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “I think some of the biggest, unforced errors (Trump’s) made politically is when he goes down these rabbit holes all involving Barack Obama,” Todd says.

I won't Say anything, Just watch the video. Barack Obama

I won't Say anything, Just watch the video. pic.twitter.com/jwWt6teVPe

— Vic (@victorkhoshoob) February 27, 2020

Remember when the people and the world respected the American President!

Donald Trump Doesn't Work Hard (tweet)

As hard as I work, & as successful as our Country has become with our Economy, our Military & everything else, it is ashame that the Democrats make us spend so much time & money on this ridiculous Impeachment Lite Hoax. I should be able to devote all of my time to the REAL USA!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020

Donald Trump truly believes that he works "really hard." Looking at his public schedule you'll notice that most of his time is dedicated for executive time. You know; watching Fox News and twitting. His other main pursuit is golfing at his many private clubs.

Trump spent 1 of 5 days at one of his golf clubs in 2019

Trump Has Spent Millions More of the Public’s Money Golfing in Three Years Than Obama Did in Eight

The Strange Death of American Civility

We investigate how the toxic partisan divisions of the Trump era have eroded civil norms vital for US democracy.

Part 1: Democrats vs Republicans

The United States seems more disunited than at any point in recent history - its politics so undermined by partisan divisions that consensus on almost anything is impossible to achieve.

Toxic partisanship between Democrats and Republicans - the nation's two main parties - has soared under President Donald Trump's administration - worsening since the release of then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation of Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 elections that brought him to power.

Rendition Revisited

Will the Trump administration sanction a return to some of the darkest days of the so-called war on terror?

Former senior military personnel have warned that the United States could be about to re-introduce a programme of torture outlawed by the then President, Barack Obama, in 2009.

Following the 9/11 attacks, a covert CIA programme led to individuals being abducted and subjected to so-called enhanced interrogation, techniques including sleep deprivation, wall-slamming and waterboarding.

Current President Donald Trump has stated that torture works, he would bring back waterboarding, and "if we can, we should have worse". He has also pledged to keep the notorious Guantanamo detention facility open.

From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is the longest-existing political party in the US, and arguably the world. But in its over 180 year existence, it's completed a remarkable ideological and geographic transformation. Originally a staunch defender of Southern slavery, the party now wins the support of most nonwhite voters. Once an advocate of rural interests against coastal elites, the party now draws much of its strength from cities and coastal areas. This video tells the tale of the Democratic Party's origins, its various metamorphoses, and the sources of its strength — and weaknesses — today.

Trump quits Iran nuclear deal, undoing years of diplomacy

Trump has been saying he wants to exit the Iran nuclear deal for a long time, a deal that has so far prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons. And now that he has, decades of negotiations could unravel, with far-reaching consequences for the US foreign policy.

Donald Trump Wants To Destroy The Iran Deal Simply Because President Obama Was Black

Following President Obama's election a conspiracy theory started appearing on the far right fringes of conservative commentary that Barack Obama wasn't born in Hawaii but, Kenya.  In 2010 Donald Trump grabbed ahold of this conspiracy and started proclaiming to anyone that would listen, that he Donald Trump would prove this ridiculous idea to be true.  At the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner President Obama proceeded roast him with a series of jokes about birtherism.  Many point to this as the impedes for Donald Trump's campaign for president in 2016.  Why is this important? Because of Donald Trump's long history of racism.  Think back to his announcement in Trump tower and all the derogatory statements he made about Mexicans.  Fast forward to the present and look at what he's done with his time in office.  He's tried to reverse every policy ever implemented by the Obama administration.  If Donald Trump could, he'd erase Barack Obama from history.  For him, having been ridiculed by a black man is so offensive that their must be retribution.

Hence his determination to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal. It doesn't what the consequences maybe, what's important that Barack Obama and his legacy be destroyed.

The use of an Israeli private security firm to dig for dirt on senior members of the Obama administration linked to the Iran nuclear deal, as revealed in today’s Observer, shows how far President Donald Trump and the hawks around him are willing to go to destroy the agreement.

The 2015 deal is the last major element of Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy left standing, after nearly 16 months of the Trump era. The drive to unravel the agreement is both deeply personal – driven by Trump’s animus towards his predecessor – and global in its implications for international peace and security.

The bid to discredit the deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – with compromising information on two of its fiercest advocates from the Obama administration came to nothing. Instead, Trump’s campaign against it has relied on the simple repetition of derogatory phrases about it being the “worst deal ever” and “a major embarrassment”. It has remained a fixed point in Trump’s universe.

Why Do Trumpers Think Obama Was President During Katrina?

"How come we never saw Obama helping Katrina victims?"

Maybe because in 2005 George W Bush was president 🤔 pic.twitter.com/9ApV4I604f

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 30, 2017

In case you missed it, there's a new trend on Twitter: complaining that Trump isn't getting enough credit for the "heckuva job" he's doing regarding Hurricane Harvey, especially since Obama failed so badly getting help to Katrina.

Mango Mussolini Goes On Twitter Rant Accuses President Obama Of Wiretapping Trump Tower

Mango Mussolini went on a twitter rant this morning accusing President Obama of being worse than Richard Nixon when he claimed that his offices in Trump tower had been wiretapped prior to November's election. Of course the orange shitgibbon offered no evidence of any wrongdoing.

The Big Picture: The People vs America (Part two)

As new President, Donald Trump, enters the White House on a wave of populism, The Big Picture explores just how America has become so fractured, and how for many, the American Dream has been lost.

Abe To Play Golf With Trump In Florida

Given that Donald Trump for 8 years criticized President Obama for playing golf during his time in office one has to wonder if the Mango Mussolini will go on a twitter rant against himself for playing golf.    Will he be joined by fellow conservatives who followed his lead?

  U.S. President Donald Trump will play a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida this week and says he will make sure the Japanese leader is his partner in the game, rather than a competitor.Trump, who is due to welcome Abe at the White House on Friday, told Westwood One Sports Radio that playing golf was a better way to get to know someone than having lunch.
“We’re going to have a round of golf, which is a great thing,” Trump said in the interview on Sunday, according to a transcript made available by the White House.
“That’s the one thing about golf - you get to know somebody better on a golf course than you will over lunch.”