Current Events > Barack Obama is stalking Trump's policy agenda

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/05/barack-obama-is-stalking-trumps-policy-agenda/


What a fucking joke

Abandoning the precedent set by previous presidents, former President Barack Obama has consistently undermined his successor’s policy agenda and has spoken out against virtually all of the major pillars of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda.

Again and again, Obama has publicly undermined Trump’s signature policy plans, on issues ranging from Trump’s proposed border wall to the Republican attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Obama’s repeated public opposition to Trump stands in stark contrast to the example set by former President George W. Bush, who remained on the sideline during the Obama years. “I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president undermine a current president,” Bush explained in 2014.

Obama’s inner circle said during the transition that the former president wanted to extend that same courtesy to President Trump. “We now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed, because if you succeed, then the country succeeds,” Obama said to Trump in front of reporters following the election.

It didn’t last long.

Just 10 days into Trump’s presidency, Obama came out against Trump’s proposed travel ban from seven terror-prone countries, saying through a spokesman that he was “heartened” by liberal protests against the travel ban. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway warned at the time that Obama was playing a “dangerous game.” (RELATED: ‘Rank Hypocrisy’: Joe Scarborough Slams Obama’s Response To Travel Ban [VIDEO])

Obama’s public opposition to the Trump agenda has only escalated since he came out against travel ban.

Trump’s travel ban marked the start of increasingly confrontational positions from Obama.

When Trump fulfilled his campaign promise of withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accords in June, Obama accused Trump of “rejecting the future” and leaving an “absence of American leadership.” While speaking in Indonesia a month later, Obama again criticized Trump’s decision to leave the Paris accords and appeared to be referencing Trump in warning against “an aggressive kind of nationalism.”

Obama has also taken shots at the defining policy of Trump’s presidential campaign: his plan to build a border wall along the US-Mexico border.

“In this new world we live in, we can’t isolate ourselves — we can’t hide behind a wall,” Obama said while speaking in Berlin in May. USA Today described Obama’s remark as sending Trump a “clear message.”

During the debate over attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare — which has been a Republican campaign theme for years and was a hallmark of Trump’s presidential campaign — Obama again spoke out.

When Senate Republicans unveiled their Obamacare replacement in late June, Obama trashed the legislation, saying it was “not a health care bill” but a “massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America.”

“Simply put, if there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family – this bill will do you harm. And small tweaks over the course of the next couple weeks, under the guise of making these bills easier to stomach, cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation,” Obama wrote in a viral Facebook post, which was shared more than 330,000 times.

Isn't Obama entitled to his opinions?
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He's a private citizen again. He can say whatever the hell he want to, the same way trump spent years commenting on Obama's actions in office.
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>Trump does stupid things
>conservatives get butthurt when he's called out

lel
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>dailycaller

lol

Just skimming through that article, they don't even try and hide their biases either with all the unnecessary adjectives
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

Isn't Obama entitled to his opinions?

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At the least they're more substantial remarks than "My guys in Hawaii are finding things you wouldn't believe."
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I'm sorry but that article is a fucking joke. How out of touch do you have to be? Trump is the one being the unconventional president breaking all these traditions and expectations. He's absolutely shattered what it means to be a president, and everyone else is simply reacting in step.
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What Bush really meant is "I'm done with this bull shit, so don't bother asking me"
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ITT: people who don't understand the most basic concepts of how presidents have historically acted after leaving office.
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Hoth seems upset.

The_Donald posted...

ITT: people who don't understand the most basic concepts of how presidents have historically acted after leaving office.

ITP: person who doesn't understand how presidents should act when in office and doesn't understand why this situation is different than those in the past
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when it's 60% vs 35%, people will want to listen to the good president
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Obama has been schooling Trump since before that clown took office. I see no reason for him to stop now. Someone has to educate that dumbass and it might as well be the guy that did a better job

sktgamer_13dude posted...

The_Donald posted...

ITT: people who don't understand the most basic concepts of how presidents have historically acted after leaving office.

ITP: person who doesn't understand how presidents should act when in office and doesn't understand why this situation is different than those in the past

He's acting in the interest of Americans by repealing Unconstitutional policy. Even so glad you admitted that Obummer has stooped to the low that you perceive Trump to be at. So much for libs golden boy, huh?
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The_Donald posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

The_Donald posted...

ITT: people who don't understand the most basic concepts of how presidents have historically acted after leaving office.

ITP: person who doesn't understand how presidents should act when in office and doesn't understand why this situation is different than those in the past

He's acting in the interest of Americans by repealing Unconstitutional policy. Even so glad you admitted that Obummer has stooped to the low that you perceive Trump to be at. So much for libs golden boy, huh?

And whose interests was he acting in when he nixed an obama era rule that provided flood protections right before Harvey. It certainly wasn't the American people's

Trump literally made up a lie about Obama wire tapping his Tower like, days after he took office lmao. And this was after Obama played nice and cordial on the way out. Boo hoo
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

I'm sorry but that article is a fucking joke. How out of touch do you have to be? Trump is the one being the unconventional president breaking all these traditions and expectations. He's absolutely shattered what it means to be a president, and everyone else is simply reacting in step.

Poetic
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Saying what's going on isn't American is hardly undermining. Know what IS undermining? Spending years trying to claim the black guy is from Kenya and preventing him from rightfully filling a supreme court vacancy
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Hoth shitposting on this account again?

Guess JL6 is in trouble again
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Is T_D a Mal Fet alt?
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Axiom posted...

And whose interests was he acting in when he nixed an obama era rule that provided flood protections right before Harvey. It certainly wasn't the American people's

The American peoples and I'll explain why.

1. The majority of the plans that Trump were gonna cut were ones imposed by Bush after Katrina.

2. The ones that Obama implemented and were cut were man made climate change funds. pseudo science funds that need to be stripped and contribute to a bloated budget.

3. These cuts help create a leaner more efficient government able to respond more quickly to disasters and ultimately help the populations of disaster zones AND relieve the burden on taxe payers across the country.
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The_Donald posted...

Axiom posted...

And whose interests was he acting in when he nixed an obama era rule that provided flood protections right before Harvey. It certainly wasn't the American people's

The American peoples and I'll explain why.

1. The majority of the plans that Trump were gonna cut were ones imposed by Bush after Katrina.

2. The ones that Obama implemented and were cut were man made climate change funds. pseudo science funds that need to be stripped and contribute to a bloated budget.

3. These cuts help create a leaner more efficient government able to respond more quickly to disasters and ultimately help the populations of disaster zones AND relieve the burden on taxe payers across the country.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-signed-away-obamas-flood-risk-rules-weeks-hurricane-harvey-hit-655712

The only true part of your post is that they had to do with climate change however they provided protection from floods regardless

He literally admitted that the only reason he wanted them gone was to speed along infrastructure approvals

ManSpread posted...

Is T_D a Mal Fet alt?

No, that account doesn't have Mal's posting style
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Axiom posted...

The only true part of your post is that they had to do with climate change however they provided protection from floods regardless

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-agencies-respond-to-storm-some-face-cuts-under-trump-budget-proposal/2017/08/29/0fbbd6ca-8cc8-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37_story.html?utm_term=.efd367f39a4f

Sorry try again.

Axiom posted...

He literally admitted that the only reason he wanted them gone was to speed along infrastructure approvals

Citation needed.
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The_Donald posted...

Citation needed.

Speaking from New York when he announced the rule rollback August 15, Trump said, "We're going to get infrastructure built quickly, inexpensively, relatively speaking, and the permitting process will go very, very quickly."

The executive order signed by Trump also gives a two-year time limit for the permits to be completed for major infrastructure projects, which includes environmental reviews on such proposals.

"It’s going to be a very streamlined process, and by the way, if it doesn’t meet environmental safeguards, we’re not going to approve it," added Trump. He has promised he would push for a $1 trillion package to improve the country's infrastructure, although it has yet to come up in Congress.

I don't think Obama and Bush really disliked each other as well. It's not like Obama made it a goal to try and tear down everything Bush did. What was Bush supposed to comment about?
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Trump has been attacking this man and Hillary left and right and these racist assholes complain when he says something about Trump. Fuck them.
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

Isn't Obama entitled to his opinions?

He is... but did any other US president vocally speak out against their successor?
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Axiom posted...

The_Donald posted...

Citation needed.

Speaking from New York when he announced the rule rollback August 15, Trump said, "We're going to get infrastructure built quickly, inexpensively, relatively speaking, and the permitting process will go very, very quickly."

The executive order signed by Trump also gives a two-year time limit for the permits to be completed for major infrastructure projects, which includes environmental reviews on such proposals.

"It’s going to be a very streamlined process, and by the way, if it doesn’t meet environmental safeguards, we’re not going to approve it," added Trump. He has promised he would push for a $1 trillion package to improve the country's infrastructure, although it has yet to come up in Congress.

Nowhere does that say that the cut from the aforementioned policy will be put towards this. They're completely seperate. I get you saw the word environment and immediately connected the two. Classic lib error.
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Darmik posted...

I don't think Obama and Bush really disliked each other as well. It's not like Obama made it a goal to try and tear down everything Bush did. What was Bush supposed to comment about?

Bush and Michelle are like BFFs lol
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The_Donald posted...

Axiom posted...

The_Donald posted...

Citation needed.

Speaking from New York when he announced the rule rollback August 15, Trump said, "We're going to get infrastructure built quickly, inexpensively, relatively speaking, and the permitting process will go very, very quickly."

The executive order signed by Trump also gives a two-year time limit for the permits to be completed for major infrastructure projects, which includes environmental reviews on such proposals.

"It’s going to be a very streamlined process, and by the way, if it doesn’t meet environmental safeguards, we’re not going to approve it," added Trump. He has promised he would push for a $1 trillion package to improve the country's infrastructure, although it has yet to come up in Congress.

Nowhere does that say that the cut from the aforementioned policy will be put towards this. They're completely seperate. I get you saw the word environment and immediately connected the two. Classic lib error.

Lol keep denying the facts troll alt

MaverickXeo posted...

OpheliaAdenade posted...

Isn't Obama entitled to his opinions?

He is... but did any other US president vocally speak out against their successor?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/washington/22carter.html?mcubz=1

Yes
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Axiom posted...

The_Donald posted...

Axiom posted...

The_Donald posted...

Citation needed.

Speaking from New York when he announced the rule rollback August 15, Trump said, "We're going to get infrastructure built quickly, inexpensively, relatively speaking, and the permitting process will go very, very quickly."

The executive order signed by Trump also gives a two-year time limit for the permits to be completed for major infrastructure projects, which includes environmental reviews on such proposals.

"It’s going to be a very streamlined process, and by the way, if it doesn’t meet environmental safeguards, we’re not going to approve it," added Trump. He has promised he would push for a $1 trillion package to improve the country's infrastructure, although it has yet to come up in Congress.

Nowhere does that say that the cut from the aforementioned policy will be put towards this. They're completely seperate. I get you saw the word environment and immediately connected the two. Classic lib error.

Lol keep denying the facts troll alt

Sorry you equated two seperate policies together over a single word.

Now continue referring to ad hominem since your argument has been dismantled.
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Lmao cry more, Trump stans. Keep calling out this joke administration
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The_Donald posted...

Sorry you equated two seperate policies together over a single word.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-signed-away-obamas-flood-risk-rules-weeks-hurricane-harvey-hit-655712

It's the exact same rule. You should learn to read but I suppose that's asking to much for someone with the name The_Donald

Obama is well aware that Trump spent the last eight years watching and criticizing his every move, being one of the big players in the birther movement along with other things. Turnabout is fair play.
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Axiom posted...

It's the exact same rule. You should learn to read but I suppose that's asking to much for someone with the name The_Donald

Your article only further backs the last two points that I made, lol.

Nice try.
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I should've known better than to try and educate a troll

I love how Trumpettes can't handle any criticism of their God Emperor.
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Trump has repeatedly trashed Obama and his policies. He still does even as the POTUS.

If you want to point the finger blame Trump. Obama has handled the situation 10 times better than him.
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Axiom posted...

I should've known better than to try and educate a troll

Argument dismantled, time to ad hominem.
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loafy013 posted...

He's a private citizen again.

But he really isn't. He is a former president. Even not in office he still has far more clout than a normal private citizen.
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People are not going to like this but..

It shows the double standard which black people have to live under. Trump attacks Obama even after Trump got into office and these people say nothing. Obama agrees with most of the American people and even many Republicans about the Dreamers and oh know he crossed the line.
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Liberals just can never let it go, including former presidents.
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Solid Snake07 posted...

What Bush really meant is "I'm done with this bull shit, so don't bother asking me"

This. Also, Bush handed the reigns to a guy that, more or less, kept doing what he was doing. Obama handed them to a guy that is trying to dismantle everything he did, not so much on the grounds that it will have any real benefits (security, economic, health, social cohesion), but because they were things Obama did.

Trump would love absolute power and no one ever questioning him, which makes it all the more important people question him and his power when he does egregiously cruel, illogical, or unconstitutional things.
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voldothegr8 posted...

Liberals just can never let it go, including former presidents.

Once more, TRUMP as been attacking him. So that is okay ?
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Trump supporters upset that someone is apparently not following decorum and acting "presidential"

laugh my fucking ass off
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pinky0926 posted...

Trump supporters upset that someone is apparently not following decorum and acting "presidential"

laugh my fucking ass off

Its actually beautifully stupid. They really are a sad breed.
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Only six living people have been/are President of The United State of America. If anyone is entitled to voice their opinion on the current President, it's the previous fucking president.

Holy shit.
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