Trump and Obama: The chat seen around the world
It happened at the funeral services for President Carter. Every living President was in attendance. They were seated from left to right according to the sequence in office – President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama and President Trump. They were separated by their wives to their left — except Obama and Trump.
Obama’s wife was not in attendance. She was in Hawaii on a personal vacation. And that put Trump to Obama’s left. Imagine that. Obama to Trump’s right. (Unless you are into stage crafting, in which case Obama was to Trump’s “stage left” – as we see it on the screen. But I digress.)
Not only were Obama and Trump seated together, but they were actively engaging in what appeared to be a very friendly conversation – occasionally smiling and laughing together. Trump later reported that the conversation was very friendly.
The elitist never-Trump resistance movement folks would have none of that. They went ballistic on social media. They are the faction in the Democratic Party who demands that Trump should never be “normalized” – only demonized. Nothing positive should ever said about anything Trump says or does. In fact, nothing positive should ever be said about anyone who says anything positive about Trump. (You will see that in comments from a couple of my more ardent and obsessive “fans.”)
The most immediate and most obvious disgruntled reaction came from Vice President Harris. She looked over her shoulder and saw Obama and Trump chatting amiably. Her facial expression clearly expressed her annoyance – which was widely reported, and the video went viral on social media. In that one moment, Harris put the lie to her calls for unity and comity. She is not a happy camper.
But Harris is only one person – and her bitterness is understandable. On a larger scale, the radical left went ballistic all over social media. Some accused Obama of kissing Trump’s ring. According to those on the left in the Democratic Party, Obama should have snubbed Trump … refused to engage in polite conversation … and even expressed disgust.
There was a similar wave of social media reaction when Biden not only invited Trump to the White House after his reelection but seemed effusively friendly. There was some negative reaction when Biden announced that he would attend the Inauguration – but nothing like the reaction to the Obama/Trump tête-à-tête.
The deranged left is also upset over the general trend of treating Trump like a normal incoming President – and not the Hitler-style fascist dictator who will end American democracy, as they have tried to portray since Trump first came down the escalator in 2016 – and especially since the 2016 presidential election. They have been grousing about the tech leaders meeting with Trump. There was Amazon’s Jeff Bezos scuttling the Harris endorsement in the Washington Post, which he owns. The same for the Los Angeles Times, owned by fellow tech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong. They attacked Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman for saying that Trump’s hush money case trial was politically motivated.
While the never-Trump faction of the Democratic Party and the media (did I say MSNBC?) continues its absolutist universal resistance movement, many on the left accept that they lost –- that the absurd and unrelenting scare mongering failed.
Two of the major defenders of the Obama/Trump chat are MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. They took a drubbing from their friends on the left after they met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home. They defend themselves by saying that now that Trump will be President again, it is their duty as professional journalists to engage with him. That is a significant about-face since they were members in good standing of the cancel Trump culture that permeated MSNBC for the past eight years.
While the never-Trump faction of the Democratic party is boisterous – and has a lot of presence in the national media – they do not reflect the opinions of the vast majority of Americans – half of whom voted for Trump. They do not even represent the rational and sane portions of the Democratic Party.
Most folks want to get past the brittle divisiveness that afflicts American politics today. That will never happen if one side insists on demonizing the other side. I think most folks actually liked to see Obama and Trump talking to each other like civilized human beings. They would like some normalization.
So, there ‘tis.
“Most folks want to get past the brittle divisiveness that afflicts American politics today. That will never happen if one side insists on demonizing the other side. I think most folks actually liked to see Obama and Trump talking to each other like civilized human beings. They would like some normalization.”
Gee, how a little regime change modifies one’s perspective.
Except his side is the side of revenge and retribution. Right after he fraudulently blamed New Orleans on foreign Muslim terrorists, Trump attempted to console and unify us when he said: “The DOJ, FBI, and Democrat state and local prosecutors have not done their job. They are incompetent and corrupt, having spent all of their waking hours unlawfully attacking their political opponent, ME, rather than focusing on protecting Americans from the outside and inside violent SCUM that has infiltrated all aspects of our government, and our Nation itself. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our Country.” Yeah, New Orleans, all about Trump…..
Trump added, “The USA is breaking down – A violent erosion of Safety, National Security, and Democracy is taking place all across our Nation. Only strength and powerful leadership will stop it. See you on January 20th. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
For the California wildfire disaster, he again, called for calm, unity, and to work together through the disaster by saying: ““the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo,” as he called for forced resignation. “This is a true tragedy, and it’s a mistake of the governor,” Trump told the press.
Who’s on first, Larry? Who owns the bullshit pulpit? His immigration czar threatens jail to sanctuary city officials. Just before the election, Trump lashed out at Zuckerberg, and I guess it worked: “We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison,” Trump said, “as will others who cheat in the 2024 Presidential Election.” Given who he thinks cheats, that’s a very long list.
Here’s a quick baker’s dozen of the affected: *https://www.justsecurity.org/98703/chronology-trump-justice-department/*
So, come on Larry, be serious. If you want to come together, YOUR SIDE is on first. Make a move. Given your past, better make a few moves.
I spell my name: danger. But sometimes not.
FYI: on the chat. Did you expect Obama to move away? Did you expect a scowl? Not his style. I think he was practicing his Southern hospitality as in: Larry, have a nice day. If you know what I mean. If you catch my drift.
and not one person cares. just shows trump is the bigger man. we ALL. KNEW THAT.
TOTC: two guys are chatting, looking pleasant. Why does Trump come off the bigger man? Perhaps because he is so much smaller than Obama to begin with? Perspective mate.
guess what? the home grown convert to muslim ideology with an ISIS FLAG FLYING FROM THE BUMPER OF THE FORD TRUCK KINDA MAKES YOU THINK OTHERWISE. he was raised in Mexico. by muslims, and how he got to fight for the US is a mystery. they say he converted to the terrorist ideology while serving , read spying, in the Middle East. and your own dem run feeb with the nose ring said it wasnt terrorism. clearly she missed that isis flag or is a supporter herself. thats what a dei hire looks like.
sorry, Texas. one step over the border.
A certain loudmouth lefty on this site is owns the bullshit pulpit! His hate for ANYONE on the right is hurtful and hateful, just like Satan wants. Why doesn’t he run for president? Then we can go after him with a vengeance. Just like he and the left do all the time, blaming Trump for the things they are absolutely guilty of. Why shouldn’t Trump treat Obama with decency, a word that the loudmouth does not have in his language? Anyone think Trump would be nasty at a former Presidents funeral? My God, loudmouth thinks Trump should have acted out on Carter and the left, Obama. How low can anyone get? Being nasty at a funeral would be sacrilege and probably what loudmouth does. I don’t know yet it seems that way by his own rhetoric all of the time. Didn’t his parents bring him up better than that? I’m not referring to Trump or Obama on that one.
So, come on, lefty, loudmouth, be serious. You can no longer divide any of us. Trump will be President of the Republic of the United States or the President of North America (whichever name could be chosen) whether you like it or not. Go cry in your corner. We do not care!
My goodness but you are talking delusional. The things you think I say and mean.
Prove any of it. HEY, my post is right there. Just quote the things that support the lunacy you spew.
All the people wanting to Kiss Trumps Ass!
From Zucker to Obama the puppet master!
Anyone asking for FAVORS or GUILTY OF SOMETHING will
be the ones standing in Line!
Take a history class, or use common sense!
I have said it before. Every thing you need to know about Business was
shown in the GODFATHER!
The question is ( which one of the two is Obama, or is it both )
From Purposeful destruction of OUR country to Attempted Murder!
The truth will come out!
This article earns a Stop The Spin (STS) rating of 5. Despite being lower quality than fish wrap, here are some reasons that are a combination of spins, lies, half truth omissions why:
1) Larry only showed one picture. Larry is ommiting the full truth, another way of lying and misinforming. If you go to the actual footage of the entire entry of all former presidents, not a single president shook Trump’s hand nor any acknowledgements of Trump. Larry omits this well documented fact. Gore and Pense did shake his hand while Pense’s wife scowled at him. All others ignored Trump. Obama ignored Trump during his entry and hand shaking but they were seated side by side in ascending order of presidents by event coordinators so Obama was being gracious to Trump since he was pretty much forced to sit there. Also notice how everyone ignored Melania. She did not get a single hello. Notice the scowl on her face. See video at *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQH6g3RVso* .
2) There is no audio of the conversation between Obama and Trump so we should not assume it was a friendly conversation. The best insults are delivered with a smile!
3) Trump has been proven by many fact checkers to be lying over 70% of his statements. There is a high probability ( 7 in 10 chance) that he was lying about the nature of the conversation. Trump has often lied about the nature of conversations such as with his recent conversation with the new president of Mexico who actually went on the internet multiple times to call Trump a liar. It is curious that I have not seen any footage of Obama’s thoughts on the conversation.
4) The GOP is by far the dominant purveyors of negative comments against the opposition party (Dems). It is the responsibility of leadership in the majority party to heal the nation. I would think Larry knows this, but Larry is still engaged in negativism towards Dems, just like his idol Trump. Trump’s comments have all been negative, including his comments about the recent LA Fires – no compassion in his words as Trump politicizes a tragedy. . I have not heard any Dems calling Trump or his family any names. Yet Trump publicly calls a sitting governor “Newscum”, and lies about the Louisiana tragedy.
5) Larry says, “Most folks want to get past the brittle divisiveness that afflicts American politics today. ” Yet Larry continues in most of his articles to be a purveyor of divisiveness – he thrives on it and makes money on it. Just look at the last five or so articles and see how often Larry is divisive and insulting to the Dems. And when a Dem comments back to Larry about it, Larry doubles down with name calling and other slurs. Notice how MAGA folks continue to insult Dems, Biden, Harris, etc. Larry is lying. He and MAGA do not want to get over the divisiveness, THEY ARE COUNTING ON IT!!!
6) Larry criticizes Morning Joe about Joes’ abrupt face but says nothing about all of the Trump about faces, Tik Tok, Tik Tok, or maybe Trump’s Fox interview where Trump says he can’t do much about inflation or the price of eggs or anything. Trump is the king of the about face moves!
7) Speaking as an Independent, who is in Larry’s supposed “vast majority of Americans”, my opinion of Trump is low for a stack of reasons. Larry has no facts or stats to back up his statement. And Larry is lying in that half of voting Americans did not vote for Trump. Trump got 49.6% of the 87% of registered voters that voted. This is not half.
8) An interesting comment from one lady polled stated, ““When the president of your country is a racist, a criminal & greedy, people that match his outlook on life will follow.” SO WHAT LARRY HAS NOT STATED is that those that match Trump’s racism, criminality, and greed will most likely have a favorable view of Trump because it reflects a favorable view of themselves.
So now you have the information that Larry withheld from you. Now you can be fully informed.
So there ’tis!