Trump vs. Oprah: The Matchup We Deserve?
By Jim Treacher February 19, 2018 Back in May 2011, President Barack Obama devoted a good chunk of his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech to roasting an unsmiling Donald Trump about the whole "birth certificate" thing.* Obama bashed the guy, right to his face, over and over. Take a look:
VIDEO AT LINKAnd all of Obama's minions and acolytes rejoiced. Another glorious success for President Lightbringer! #YAAAAAS #KWEEN #SLAYYYYYYYY
Five and a half years later, Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. And I have to wonder: Would he have decided to run at all if the most powerful man in the world hadn't publicly humiliated him like that? Would he have been so driven to prove everyone wrong? Would he have so desperately craved such sweet, sweet revenge?
Obama made a big mistake that night. Previous presidents had used the WHCD as a platform for folksy self-deprecation, but that wasn't Obama's style. His overweening pride and thin-skinned narcissism got the better of him, and he abused his power over one of his own constituents for petty personal reasons. He used the WCHD as just another bludgeon to smash his domestic enemies over the head. And in this case, it blew up in his face spectacularly. Just a few years later, Obama had to grit his teeth and hand over the reins of power to the guy he had taken such pleasure in mocking before the whole world. He thought he'd left Trump in the dust, but nnnnnnnope.
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