Trump's complaint to White House guests: Obama watched too much TV

[babylonsister]

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Trump’s complaint to White House guests: Obama watched too much TV
01/28/19 02:15 PM
By Steve Benen


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This, however, stood out for me.

The president has also claimed to guests, without evidence, that his private dining room off the Oval Office was in “rough shape” with a hole in the wall when he came into the West Wing and that Obama used it to watch sports, according to two White House officials and two other people who have heard him discuss the dining room.

“He just sat in here and watched basketball all day,” Trump told a recent group, before saying he upgraded Obama’s smaller TV to a sprawling, flat-screen one, the four people said.

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What’s more, given everything we know about Donald Trump and his attitudes on race, it’s hardly unreasonable to wonder about the not-so-subtle motivations behind him reportedly telling White House visitors that the nation’s first black president was lazy and sat around watching basketball all day.

And the idea that Trump has focused on comparable screen sizes, as if that were an important metric, is very much in keeping with everything we’ve come to expect from him.

But what I find especially interesting about the anecdote is the underlying point: Trump wants his visitors to think Barack Obama spent too much time in the White House watching television.

A staple of the Trump presidency is a tactic known as “projection”: he identifies his faults, and then projects them onto his perceived foes. As regular readers know, his I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I instincts, like an intemperate child, are finely tuned after extensive practice.

But for the love of all that is good in the world, does he really want to talk about which president spent more time in front of the tube?

[dubyadiprecession]

1. Plus Obama was fat, stupid and had a bad comb over.

[RainCaster]

15. And a treasonous SOB as well

[lunatica]

19. Yeah, the combover looked like piss colored spun cotton candy too

[sprinkleeninow]

2. This is all:

[akraven]

3. LOL! No one will believe this simply because

Michelle would NOT have let him! She'd have had his butt out shooting hoops. Barak is the best POTUS ever.

sTrump must be watching Loony Toons again. And not getting the jokes, as usual. I have to giggle as our TV hasn't even been turned on in over a week.

[crazycatlady]

25. don't diss Looney Tunes

He's watching Fox and Friends.

[akraven]

33. Heck, I love Looney Tunes!

My dad's favorites! I think he was secretly in love with Bugs!

[crazycatlady]

39. I appreciate Looney Tunes more as an adult than I did as a kid

So much stuff just went over my head. Love me some Road Runner and Coyote.

[akraven]

40. OMG OMG OMG Road Runner! Wile. E. Coyote.............

I can't count the times I nearly peed myself laughing. From the time I was allowed TV (10) to now, remains a chance to internet it and still almost pee myself laughing!

[The Genealogist]

4. Does he also show them the John where Obama sat on the throne and tweeted unhinged rants?

[madaboutharry]

5. Another racist trope.

"He just sat in here and watched basketball all day,” Trump told a recent group..."

You know the one about the "lazy black man" who sat around all day doing nothing.

Trump is rotten at the core. All that hate boiling over everyday.

[rurallib]

29. I think there is even more to that - basketball being the

"city game" that is by extension a game dominated by blacks.

Also the idea that Obama busted a hole through the wall rather than have a TV set - I am guessing because he couldn't wait to watch a game.

We do know that Obama did play basketball frequently at lunch time, whereas Trump stuffs hi fat face with burgers.

[OMGWTF]

36. Recall the NBA champs Golden State Warriors met with BHO and not DJT in DC.

[FirstLight]

30. The "hole" in the wall....

He's trying to imply that black men are abusive and animals... saying it was rough in here implies that a black man lives in squalor
....😡

[2naSalit]

46. +1

[sdfernando]

6. If one of those visitors got the remote and turn on the TV

What would come on? I’m guessing porn.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. This guy is so jealous of Obama he can't stand it.

[IronLionZion]

20. Of course he had to get a bigger TV

since Obama had watched so much of the smaller one

[kag]

35. TV envy.

Sad.

[Gothmog]

8. The concept of projection is helpful here

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. citizens still tour the White House?

I wouldn't set foot in there until the usurper is in prison and a Haz-Mat crew has gone over the place, twice.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

41. Only his largest donors and they must wear MAGA hats.

And bow and swear allegiance before entering.

..............

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. Every accusation is a confession.

[LakeArenal]

14. That is the best truth. Thanks.

[treestar]

24. +1

Dotard can't expect anyone but his unhinged base to believe that President Obama did any such thing!

[Javaman]

11. just more projection by the king of tv watching. projection tv? lol nt

[ProfessorGAC]

12. BHO Played Too Much Golf, Too

Except for the part where he played fewer rounds in 8 years than PINO did the 1st 10 months.
And, BHO didn't cheat at golf!

[yellowdogintexas]

27. And BHO traveled far and wide for golfing

instead of using the course at Andrews AFB... no wait.....

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Thanks For Your Addition

Also...
Obama administration indictments: 0
PINO: 37

See Obama is lazy there too!

[rickford66]

13. He and his mob are defiling the People's House.

It's sickening to know he has the run of the place. I can't wait for him to be evicted.

[BadgerMom]

16. Projection.

It’s always projection with this stooge. He watches tv all day, so he states without any facts, that Obama did. He is misusing his charity, so without evidence, he accuses the Clintons of perpetrating fraud.

[TNNurse]

17. i will gladly contribute to a fund that cleans and clears

the White House after he leaves. I want them to take photos first to show all the gaudy tacky crap. Then tent the place and fumigate;

[IronLionZion]

18. Obama always sent out unhinged tweets at 3 AM with lots of miss-spelled words

and his campaign staff all got indicted in FBI raids, and his staff kept quitting.

[mountain grammy]

21. All I want to say is

IMPEACH THE MOTHER FUCKER.

[SallyHemmings]

38. I'm with mountain grammy

I am so over this Traitor.

[Pepsidog]

22. Classic projection. Just a dumb shit.

[duforsure]

23. He still thinks people haven't caught on

To him accusing his opponents of his actions. The laziest and the biggest liar I think I've ever seen.

[demigal]

26. OMG- the petty

delusions of this freak.

[SummerSnow]

28. Typical narcissist, always projecting

[OMGWTF]

31. Didn't Sh!tler call the White House "a dump?"

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. Mean, petty and vindictive is no way to go through life, MFer45.

[SergeStorms]

34. That's impossible.

There just aren't enough hours in the day for that to be true. Now, if he's talking about watching sports vs. watching FAUX Noise, well.... maybe. MAYBE!

[thegoose]

37. What what what what what????

Jesus, what an insane stupid piece of shit!!!

Giant orange asshole stuck on a couch and watching Faux News all day. God, think of the smell in that room. All that shit composting...

Oh, and fuck you, Dump.

[demtenjeep]

42. what a fucking dirty old man

he tours apparently include crude jokes – Trump reportedly likes to point to the locations of sexual encounters between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky – and boasts about the ways in which he believes he’s improved the White House since taking office. The portrait that emerges is that of a president who has very little actual work to do, and who enjoys showing off his temporary home as a trophy.

[caraher]

43. Just like the RW obsession with Obama golfing

Funny how they don't care about the president golfing (and lining his own pockets in the process) anymore.

[hibbing]

44. He can ALWAYS, always, always go lower n/t

[world wide wally]

45. I would like to ask Trump which room did Obama do Melania in?

[Blue Owl]

47. Go fuck yourself trump

n/t