Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post wrote a column on this very subject. I never thought it thru like Eugene Robinson did with his column, but it makes sense.
Donald Trump secretly wishes he were the man and the president Barack Obama turned out to be.
Trump was given everything to him by his father’s inheritance. Barack Obama was raised by a single mother and is a self made man.
Trump went to Wharton. Obama went to law school at Harvard and became president of the Harvard Law Review.
Trump married a young escort. Obama married a Yale Law School graduate who went on the become one of America’s most popular First Ladies and wrote a No. 1 bestselling book. Melania was so impressed with Michelle she literally plagiarized Michelle for a Republican Convention speech. See what I mean.
Obama inherited an economy on the verge of Great Depression-like numbers and brought unemployment down from 10% to 4.7%. Trump inherited a recovered economy and gave our richest a tax cut which brought unemployment down from 4.7% to 4%…meh.
Obama got Bin Laden. Trump gave us Jeff Sessions, Omarosa and Steve Bannon.
Obama got healthcare reform passed without any effort or help from Mitch McConnell. Trump has done nothing except stand on the sidelines and disgrace our country while McConnell gave America’s richest a tax break they didn’t need.
Obama inspired hope. Trump inspires white hate and intolerance.
President Obama exudes intelligence, class, grace, and dignity. Donald Trump conducts his presidency like a low grade pimp.
Three years removed from office Obama boasts a ridiculous 97% approval rating. Almost three years into office Donald Trump’s approval rating isn’t half of Obama’s and this is with a robust economy which in fact the groundwork was laid by Obama and those who preceded President Pimp.
I’m sitting here in Deer Creek, Oklahoma thinking about what Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post wrote and I must admit he has a valid point.
Donald Trump envies Barack Obama both as the man he clearly isn’t and the president he’ll never become.
Nice piece, Eugene Robinson.
Hope you don’t mind an epilogue from Oklahoma.