Sun May 17, 2020, 06:50 PM
riversedge (60,228 posts)
Trump Reportedly Upset That He Isn't As Respected as Barack Obama, According to GOP Pundit
I do think Trump knows how much Obama is respected and is just plain jealous of that respect.
But Trump has shown us that he will only get more cruel and ugly as time passes. Link to tweet ?s=20 https://www.politicalflare.com/2020/05/trump-reportedly-upset-that-he-isnt-as-respected-as-barack-obama-according-to-gop-pundit/ Trump Reportedly Upset That He Isn’t As Respected as Barack Obama, According to GOP Pundit https://www.politicalflare.com/2020/05/trump-reportedly-upset-that-he-isnt-as-respected-as-barack-obama-according-to-gop-pundit/ By Jason Miciak May 17, 2020 Literally everyone who isn’t part of Trump’s cult can see that Obama lives rent-free in the space of Donald Trump’s head where a brain might otherwise be. President Obama couldn’t even deliver a short and vague high school commencement address – one that didn’t mention Trump or anyone specifically – without Trump firing off all kinds of over-the-top criticism, and this comes at the end of a week where Trump has been tweeting “OBAMAGATE!” and calling for Obama to be imprisoned. We won’t even get into the fact that Trump got his start in politics by famously demanding to see Obama’s “long-form” birth certificate and alleging Obama was “Kenyan.” Trump’s obvious inferiority complex and insane jealousy have people talking about what it is about Obama that drives Trump to such lengths. ............................ ................ But I don’t think that’s the biggest thing. I think Mathew Miller – former Justice Department spokesperson – hit the biggest thing: “There’s some racism there but, most of all, it’s driven by the fact that Obama has the thing that Trump has always craved but never achieved, and that’s respect. I’ve always thought that the respect that Barack Obama gets from people in this country and around the world is something that just eats Trump alive inside.”
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riversedge | May 2020 | OP |
Wounded Bear | May 2020 | #1 | |
mercuryblues | May 2020 | #5 | |
leftieNanner | May 2020 | #2 | |
BComplex | May 2020 | #54 | |
Thomas Hurt | May 2020 | #3 | |
DFW | May 2020 | #4 | |
pandr32 | May 2020 | #22 | |
mobeau69 | May 2020 | #36 | |
lastlib | May 2020 | #45 | |
Stuart G | May 2020 | #50 | |
Danascot | May 2020 | #55 | |
Stuart G | May 2020 | #57 | |
Danascot | May 2020 | #59 | |
gibraltar72 | May 2020 | #6 | |
dalton99a | May 2020 | #7 | |
whistler162 | May 2020 | #8 | |
Ohioboy | May 2020 | #9 | |
A HERETIC I AM | May 2020 | #10 | |
Blue Owl | May 2020 | #11 | |
Cha | May 2020 | #12 | |
mr_lebowski | May 2020 | #13 | |
Marie Marie | May 2020 | #39 | |
sop | May 2020 | #14 | |
Newest Reality | May 2020 | #15 | |
malaise | May 2020 | #16 | |
paleotn | May 2020 | #24 | |
ProfessorGAC | May 2020 | #26 | |
Scarsdale | May 2020 | #37 | |
Jamastiene | May 2020 | #17 | |
Mr.Bill | May 2020 | #18 | |
Jamastiene | May 2020 | #19 | |
no_hypocrisy | May 2020 | #20 | |
SeattleVet | May 2020 | #27 | |
Maeve | May 2020 | #21 | |
0rganism | May 2020 | #46 | |
napi21 | May 2020 | #23 | |
Jake Stern | May 2020 | #28 | |
Blue Owl | May 2020 | #25 | |
Skittles | May 2020 | #29 | |
Lonestarblue | May 2020 | #30 | |
DENVERPOPS | May 2020 | #31 | |
AllyCat | May 2020 | #32 | |
Lock him up. | May 2020 | #41 | |
Windy City Charlie | May 2020 | #33 | |
Lock him up. | May 2020 | #43 | |
niyad | May 2020 | #48 | |
George II | May 2020 | #34 | |
lunatica | May 2020 | #35 | |
futureliveshere | May 2020 | #38 | |
Marie Marie | May 2020 | #40 | |
WhiskeyWulf | May 2020 | #42 | |
Ellipsis | May 2020 | #44 | |
niyad | May 2020 | #47 | |
SergeStorms | May 2020 | #49 | |
LastLiberal in PalmSprings | May 2020 | #51 | |
struggle4progress | May 2020 | #52 | |
spanone | May 2020 | #53 | |
Tarheel_Dem | May 2020 | #56 | |
Demovictory9 | May 2020 | #58 |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:51 PM
Wounded Bear (43,355 posts)
1. Yeah, well I'm sure Trump is the only one who feels that way...
Well, he and his millions of sheeple.
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Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:55 PM
mercuryblues (11,883 posts)
5. That's why this line is priceless
from the article
![]() Literally everyone who isn’t part of Trump’s cult can see that Obama lives rent-free in the space of Donald Trump’s head where a brain might otherwise be. |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:53 PM
leftieNanner (9,373 posts)
2. "Eats Trump alive inside."
I wish that were literal and not figurative...
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Response to leftieNanner (Reply #2)
Mon May 18, 2020, 12:56 PM
BComplex (5,311 posts)
54. Ha! That was exactly what I was going to post before I decided to read the whole thread!
Great minds...and all that!
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:53 PM
Thomas Hurt (9,424 posts)
3. must suck for a fascist like Trump to be politically cucked by a black man. lol
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:55 PM
DFW (41,867 posts)
4. The scariest part is......
Trump doesn't appear to have the slightest clue as to why this is so.
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Response to DFW (Reply #4)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:22 PM
mobeau69 (7,694 posts)
36. LOL. Yes, that's the hilarious part!
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Response to DFW (Reply #4)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:49 PM
lastlib (17,294 posts)
45. or how to change it! NO CLUE!
that's gotta be tough on a "staybull jeenyus" to live with. It's just like Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner!
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Response to lastlib (Reply #45)
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:14 PM
Stuart G (29,898 posts)
50. In defense of ..............Wile E. Coyote............
..His stupidity incompetence is just for laughs.. I met Wiley's creater/animator once..Chuck Jones..
...Wiley E. has a clue...but his obsession overtakes him over and over and over.. ...also...Wiley comes up with some terrific plans to deal with Road Runner, & he tries them, but they always fail...he has fallen off of many cliffs. (& has got tens of millions of laughs) ....Trump is stupider because the whole deal of being the President..is not for laughs... ...Wiley is meant to be humorous....Trump is stupid and comes up with no plans..at least Wiley tries. ....Laughing at Trump because he totally selfish and ignorant...... ....Wile is not ignorant, he comes up with great plans,,but they always fail..but most important, Wile comes back and tries again and again and again.. ...Donald Trump doesn't give a damn enough to even try |
Response to Stuart G (Reply #50)
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:25 PM
Danascot (3,796 posts)
55. I think Wiley is heroic and tragic
creative and persistent
and the Roadrunner is kind of a dick. |
Response to Danascot (Reply #55)
Mon May 18, 2020, 07:20 PM
Stuart G (29,898 posts)
57. The toons are named "Roadrunner"...They are all about Wiley and his obsession, creative and
persistent behavior. It isn't the roadrunner who is funny, it is poor Wiley..and that is why they made those toons that way. If you look them up, you will find that only 25 to 30 toons were made with Roadrunner &Wiley and those 25 have created an incredible following. (The original ones made in the 50s and early 60s)
...Now, I first saw them in the theaters on large screens. There was a theater near me, that had 25 cartoons for 25cents.. About 3 hours straight of toons. Most of the toons were Warner Bros toons because the theater had very close association or were owned by them... ...Yes...it was the mid and late 50s...and guess what?...it is no surprise... ......I always rooted for Wiley to catch the stupid dick of a Roadrunner..always..in the 50s on a large screen,, ...Chuck Jones made them and directed them..I met him once, and he said he made them very simple and easy to understand for one reason...They were very easy to make..He did this so he could make other very expensive toons way beyond budget..That is what he said. You would have to study cartoons, like I have to understand the ease at which those Roadrunner toons were made, as compared to others that Warner Bros made.. ...OK one last tidbit of information..Why did I study this?...One reason only..Those toons made me laugh and made me happy. That is it.!!! (oh, they still do)..Poor Wiley...He is my hero, he doesn't give up.. |
Response to Stuart G (Reply #57)
Mon May 18, 2020, 07:42 PM
Danascot (3,796 posts)
59. Another Wiley fan!
Thanks for the info.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:55 PM
gibraltar72 (6,052 posts)
6. Barack isn't the only one in his head.
He is afraid Michelle will be V.P. pick. If you noticed the other day he said Michelle loved Weinstein. He is deathly afraid of her also.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:56 PM
dalton99a (59,507 posts)
7. Trump deserves respect from no one.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:57 PM
whistler162 (10,376 posts)
8. Respect begets respect
Donald, you ain't got no respect for anyone so that is what you get in return.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:58 PM
Ohioboy (1,614 posts)
9. What does Trump expect?
Respect has to be earned, not demanded. This is just more evidence that Trump is not fit to be president. He should know at least the basics of how respect works.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:59 PM
A HERETIC I AM (21,716 posts)
10. Know what would truly send Trumpy over the edge?
If Obama were to buy an NFL franchise.
That club of owners wouldn’t have Trumpy. At ALL. But I bet if Obama had the money and the desire to actually buy a team, they would have no problem at all letting him in that little club. |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:59 PM
Blue Owl (33,049 posts)
11. trump is unfamiliar with the term "earn"
n/t
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:01 PM
Cha (269,379 posts)
12. Nasty Assface is his Own Worst Enemy.. he gets NO
respect 'cause he's a psychotic treasonous freaking asshole.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:02 PM
mr_lebowski (19,746 posts)
13. I find this theory to be a bit suspect ...
Primarily because I am not at all convinced that Trump would ever admit to himself that Obama is much more widely respected than he is.
Frankly I'm not sure his narcissistic man-child brain is even capable of processing a thought like that, let alone eventually reaching the inevitably correct conclusion about it's factual nature. This is the DU member formerly known as mr_lebowski.
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Response to mr_lebowski (Reply #13)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:33 PM
Marie Marie (9,702 posts)
39. Narcissists are insecure and constantly afraid that people will see through the facade.
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:02 PM
sop (4,292 posts)
14. Forget Obama, Trump isn't as respected as, as...pretty much everyone else in the entire world,
including his heroes and role models: Putin, Kim Jong Un, Duterte, Bolsonaro and even Hitler.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:03 PM
Newest Reality (12,704 posts)
15. Gee...
It's simple:
Respect is earned. If you command or force people to give it to you, that's being a bully who confuses respect with fear. Trump has not earned any respect from Americans who truly understand that and now, he is making worse for himself by ignoring that. A bully with a big mouth and obsession with himself, well, what's to respect there? Just having a title does not do the trick, that's just being a titular head and it is rather empty and meaningless without the corresponding behaviors and actions. What, did he really believe that hanging a sign would make him seem reputable or confer the honors on him he does not at all deserve. Infamy is the legacy he is forging as he takes each desperate step down into the pit of perfidy. He will go down as the best of something ever, but it won't be related to his projections and boisterous facade. |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:05 PM
malaise (225,738 posts)
16. Respect is earned
You can't buy that MoFo - fuck off!
Obama is a real man - fuck off you dumb fake |
Response to malaise (Reply #16)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:41 PM
ProfessorGAC (46,978 posts)
26. By 2016...
...there wasn't much PINO could buy with his own money. He hardly had any.
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Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #26)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:24 PM
Scarsdale (9,426 posts)
37. tRump has brought this once great country
to its knees. Death, a pandemic, unemployment, food lines, desperate people. This is HIS fault. If he had read those daily Presidential reports, he would have seen the pandemic coming. If he had kept vital people in their assigned roles, we could have avoided a lot of the needless deaths. Respect? Not likely. Scorn and disgust is what he has earned.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:06 PM
Jamastiene (38,088 posts)
17. Poor Wittle Whiny Baby
Him's feewins are huht.
This should be spread far and wide. Biggest Snowflake of 'Em all...They really hate when you call them snowflakes back and really REALLY hate it when you call their Fuhrer the biggest snowflake of 'em all. Somehow, I know how to press all the right buttons to piss them off. Could that be why I have such a hard time living in Trump country? Aw, shucks. Oh well. Might as well keep going with it. I seem to have a skill. Honing it seems appropriate. ![]() |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:06 PM
Mr.Bill (11,572 posts)
18. Trump will give the commencement address at West Point
to literally a captive audience who will be forced to be there.
Obama gave the commencement address yesterday to the entire rest of the country. |
Response to Mr.Bill (Reply #18)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jamastiene (38,088 posts)
19. And millions VOLUNTARILY watch Obama, even
if they were graduating and didn't have to watch him.
On the other hand, Trump has to capture cadets and trap them to speak to them. ![]() |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:12 PM
no_hypocrisy (37,896 posts)
20. Reduced to Andy Griffith in "A Face In The Crowd".
Response to no_hypocrisy (Reply #20)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:01 PM
SeattleVet (4,497 posts)
27. I hope we all live live enough to witness Needy Amin like that...
screaming from his cell in Leavenworth:
"Melania, don't leave me!!!! Melania, come back!!!" |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:14 PM
Maeve (40,447 posts)
21. Respect is earned not grabbed
Response to Maeve (Reply #21)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:54 PM
0rganism (23,355 posts)
46. and he bigly hates the word "earn" -- rhymes with "learn"
as it appears to be his life goal to never have anything to do with either one
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:30 PM
napi21 (45,383 posts)
23. I'm sure he was the topof the list of people who believed that a black man will NEVER be Prewsident
of the US! I wouldn't be surprised if that was one of the reasons he ran for the office. He was SOOO convinced people were going to love him so much more than that (N). After 3 1/2 years he sees the majority of the people are against him and he can't imagine why? He's pointed out all the problems he had because of that guy's failures, and people just don't see it. I'm sure he says to himself WHY? WHY? Why did so many people think that stupid commencement speech was good? It was just for high school kids!
He will never understand why people don't like him. Narcists never do. WAIT until Biden beats his sorry butt in November. My biggest fear is what disasters will he create between November & the January nomination? |
Response to napi21 (Reply #23)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:02 PM
Jake Stern (3,143 posts)
28. A narcissist frequently is baffled why folks don't like them
Have a cousin that way - total narcissistic dickhead who cannot fathom why he’s never invited to family functions.
He blames it on everyone being “jealous of his success”. His “success”? Apparently it is being a contractor that consistently nets 1 and 2 star reviews on Yelp and spends as much time in the courtroom as he does at the job site. |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:39 PM
Blue Owl (33,049 posts)
25. Obama believed in teamwork
He is smart enough to know that you hire experts and trust their expertise.
Whereas Donny is dumb enough to think he can handle everything on his own. And look at the aftermath... |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:25 PM
Skittles (133,837 posts)
29. NO SHIT
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:26 PM
Lonestarblue (3,674 posts)
30. Trump knows the world hates him and loves Obama.
He’s the mean bully who just keeps on being a bully because that's all he knows, even though it doesn’t get him what he wants. I wish he would just hurry up and get a bad case of the virus. At least that might stop his irrational tweets for a bit.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:32 PM
DENVERPOPS (4,128 posts)
31. Cruel, Ugly, and SADISTIC....... N/C
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:36 PM
AllyCat (12,221 posts)
32. Then he can just quit. He would be respected a thousandth of a percent more
Response to AllyCat (Reply #32)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:42 PM
Lock him up. (2,409 posts)
41. Exactly. He could then earn the respect of his fellow cellmates.
Even then, not really sure of that...
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:47 PM
Windy City Charlie (1,119 posts)
33. Am I missing something?
What is up with Trump all of a sudden in the last week directing his attacks at Obama?
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Response to Windy City Charlie (Reply #33)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:45 PM
Lock him up. (2,409 posts)
43. I heard his campaign managers told him their inside polls show...
... he will lose by a landslide. Since then, he's gone even more batsh!t crazy paranoid.
This is the DU member formerly known as Lock him up..
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Response to Windy City Charlie (Reply #33)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:57 PM
niyad (75,844 posts)
48. One thing was the leaked tape referencing his "chaotic, disastrous response" to the pandemic.
I am only surprised that he did not stroke out then.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:54 PM
George II (60,838 posts)
34. Respect is EARNED.
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:58 PM
lunatica (51,840 posts)
35. Envy
Just one of the other six deadly sins that Trump has.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:29 PM
futureliveshere (1,411 posts)
38. I disagree
It’s not just that Obama is very well respected. It’s because Obama is held in very high regard AND is a black man. It’s the combination that kills him. There are many other well respected presidents, some still alive but this is what gets Trumps goat. So racism And entitlement is very much the basis.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:35 PM
Marie Marie (9,702 posts)
40. Good. I hope this adds to his miserable existence.
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:43 PM
WhiskeyWulf (561 posts)
42. I mean, he could try being respectable. nt
This is the DU member formerly known as WhiskeyWulf.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:46 PM
Ellipsis (8,482 posts)
44. He fucked another woman while his wife was pregnant.... and that's just for starters.
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 09:54 PM
niyad (75,844 posts)
47. Tangerine toddler tyrant does not understand: he DEMANDS respect, but does not COMMAND
Respect.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:01 PM
SergeStorms (10,429 posts)
49. I respect the Office of the President.
I don't necessarily respect the person who happens to be president. I respected the hell out of Barack Obama as president, and I still respect him as a man. I have no respect for Donald Trump, either as president, or as a "man". Trump is an abject failure at everything he does.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:27 PM
LastLiberal in PalmSprings (11,229 posts)
51. President Obama also has something money can't buy -- class.
Watch some of the YouTube videos of the President dropping by neighborhood restaurants and greeting all the guests and every member of the staff. He asks each one their name and asks a question, "Where are you from?" "How long are you in town?" He saw a wedding party as he finished the 18th hole and walked over to congratulate the bride and groom, and talk to them. Once he got a letter from a teacher who lived in a town he was going to visit and made arrangements to drive to her house and visit with her and some friends for a half hour to discuss their concerns about education. He wrote a note to the teachers of a first grader: "Please excuse Bobby's absence. He was with me. -- Barack Obama"
And then there is this photo: ![]() And a ride he gave to a woman who was speaking at an event where he was featured: Like I said, you can't buy class. |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:30 PM
struggle4progress (111,708 posts)
52. I sure hope he'll get the professional help he needs
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:46 PM
spanone (125,608 posts)
53. ....and he's way too stupid to understand why
Eat on....
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:50 PM
Tarheel_Dem (30,915 posts)
56. Most of us learned, and took to heart, the lesson that was imparted by our parents from an...
early age...."respect is earned". I can think of no time in Donald Trump's public life that is worthy of the respect he longs for. This is a man who created a foundation, funded by other people, to buy portraits of himself. What's to respect?
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon May 18, 2020, 07:40 PM
Demovictory9 (17,250 posts)