President Obama to address the nation at 5:00 et.

[mobeau69]

[octoberlib]

1. Can't wait!

[dem4decades]

2. I just got goose bumps.

Trump will try to go on at 4:55 though.

[sunonmars]

5. and media will roundly ignore him.

[dem4decades]

15. I doubt that, they're all about confrontation.

[George II]

41. No they won't. They covered Biden's complete speech in Philadelphia yesterday. Let's wait....

...until something does NOT happen before bashing that fact that it didn't.

Thanks.

[sunonmars]

3. Trump will flip out like bigtime wigflying, suspect Biden will appear at some point with him.

God, its great having the old team back.

[wnylib]

25. I think the word you're looking for

Is "bigly."

[ChazInAz]

43. I liked that

"Wigflying" has a certain Trumpery feel to it!

[malaise]

4. Oh Yes

Thanks

[Frustratedlady]

6. If that is for real, it could be the final straw that breaks Trump!

I just hope it is from home and not public. With the hardcore out there, I fear for Obama and Biden when they speak publicly.

[sunonmars]

7. and Obama is amazingly good at pushing his and anybody's buttons.

[Frustratedlady]

9. Spot on! I'm stiill sitting here with goosebumps while Trump, I'm sure, is pecking out tweets.

[lagomorph777]

29. How could you tell when Trump is "broken?"

He always seems broken to me.

[Celerity]

39. The Catherine Wheel would do the trick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel

[Ilsa]

45. The cruelty is unspeakable. nt

[Celerity]

49. Europe was a brutish place for almost all of the last 5000 plus years.

We finally got our shit together (to a point) after WWII. My fear is that the long arc of history will centrifugally pull apart the ties that bind and grind down the US to the point some of the worst, nation-rending barbarism is ushered in via the continuation of the holistic Trumpian nightmare. Let us all hope for the world's sake he and his 'brand' are CRUSHED in November, and then justice is served. (no, not the Catherine Wheel, lolol)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. My heart jumped excitedly for just a second.

I thought we were living pre-November 2016 again.

[calimary]

10. AM or PM?

[USALiberal]

14. Really, 5am est? Nt

[calimary]

23. Didn't specify time zone.

5am out here (West Coast) would be 8am on the East Coast in the middle of the morning network news blocks.

[USALiberal]

24. Title of post was " President Obama to address the nation at 5:00 et"....see 'et'

[Rebl2]

34. Hopefully

trump doesn’t try to do the same thing. Hopefully the media will show it instead of trump.

[CottonBear]

11. Source? N/T

[doc03]

12. What kind of stunt will Trump pull to upstage him? I would like to see a

joint address from all our former presidents, that may even wake up some of his supporters.

[tman]

13. Seems like 'fake news'.

Also, he doesn't need to address the nation.

[USALiberal]

16. Why do you say that???

https://www.wkbn.com/news/national-world/former-president-barack-obama-to-address-protests-in-first-on-camera-comments/

[tman]

18. It's a My Brother's Keeper Alliance Town Hall Series.

Not an address to the nation.

[essme]

19. Uh huh

Off to "block land" this one goes.

[Ellipsis]

20. link... fuckin' "Fake news". I'll be glad when we get past that bullshit phrase.

https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/obama-to-address-police-violence-wednesday

[tman]

21. Yes, It's a pre-planned My Brother's Keeper Alliance Town Hall Series.

Not an address to the nation.

[Ellipsis]

22. Thanks for clarifying.

[SideStep]

17. It will be at a town hall event.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/america-in-crisis/obama-to-deliver-on-camera-remarks-regarding-george-floyd-ongoing-protests

I love Obama.

[Dennis Donovan]

26. I believe it's a town hall, not a national address

Link to tweet

Geoff Bennett ✔@GeoffRBennett

INBOX: Today at 5 p.m. ET, President Obama will join a virtual town hall hosted by My Brother's Keeper Alliance on “Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence.” The discussion will be live streamed on http://Obama.org

obama.org
"I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to create change—but in yours." President Barack Obama

8:26 AM - Jun 3, 2020

I wish it were an address, but he'll be participating in a town hall only.

[JHB]

27. So, what sort of Gong Show will Trump slap together to upstage the President?

[underpants]

30. That's what I was about to post

Trump will do something to get the lights off Obama.

[Sunsky]

31. Yup we know his MO

Maybe his twitter fingers will get busy with some outlandish bs to focus the media attention away from Pres. Obama and towards him.

[Sienna86]

28. Obama.org 5 pm (Eastern time?)

[LAS14]

32. Wo! I didn't know this site existed. It's great, especially if you need a dose of goodness ....

... and sanity!!

[duforsure]

33. That's great news for the American people,

He'll denounce violence, looting, and especially denounce actions taken by trump trying to escalate it. Maybe he will announce after an invitation , with Biden he will attend Mr. Floyd's funeral. Anything President Obama does or says trump will attack and claim is untrue, then trump will start up more threats, and promote more propaganda to hide behind. Trumps tanking in the polls now so expect more distractions as more get out exposing trump and corruption, and playoffs he's made to hide the truth. We need President Obama's voice heard now more than ever, and trump's voice silenced.

[Gothmog]

35. I miss having a real POTUS

[Rebl2]

36. Unfortunately not on

TV. It’s a Town hall streaming on line.

[lpbk2713]

37. It will be good to see a real president again.

Thanks for the heads up.

[zak247]

38. Go home and vote

Tell the protestors to go home. Register to vote. Join an activist group. They may be doing more harm than good overdoing this.

Spreading the virus

giving Trump some issues

Please chill out, go home and vote

[aggiesal]

40. Everything he's tried hasn't worked ...

Besides he's only going to say
"There are good people on both sides, ..."

[hibbing]

42. Hope I have enough Kleenex to get through it n/t

[Ohioboy]

44. Great!

[packman]

46. Obama speaks at 5:00, Trump's Tweet storm at 5:01

Nice to listen to someone intelligent speak without using the words, "brilliant", "a lot of people", "I've been told", "beautiful", and other types of Trumpspeak.

[ancianita]

47. My day just got a lot better. Thanks.

[Fiendish Thingy]

48. You should modify your headline to accurately reflect the facts

It’s been established this is not an address to the nation, please change your OP to reflect that to avoid confusing folks further.

[mobeau69]

52. CNN and MSNBC will show Obama.

Obama is a private citizen and anyone save a trumpet knows he can’t call up the networks and request time like he could as president for Pete’s sake!

He’s speaking this evening and anyone with a tv can watch it.

There are some hyper critical posters here
to the point of ridiculousness. One even “wondered” whether it was 5am or 5pm even though I posted this well after 5am Eastern time! LOL!

[The Finn Al Analysis]

50. Speaking Truth to Powder Puff

When Trump says he weighs 239 lbs, he's really only talking about his makeup!

[sarcasmo]

51. A sane voice during insane times.