Barack Obama likens Donald Trump to Richie Rich for his ‘complaining, lying, doesn’t-take-responsibility’ attitude
Harriet Alexander
Mon, November 16, 2020, 12:45 PM CST·4 min read
Barack Obama spoke to The Atlantic to promote his new book
(CBS News)Barack Obama has likened Donald Trump to Richie Rich, saying that even though he was not surprised to see a right-wing populist gain power, he did not expect "the complaining, lying, doesn’t-take-responsibility-for-anything type of figure."
In an interview with The Atlantic to promote his new book, Mr Obama spoke at great length about the rise of Trumpism, his disappointment with the Republican party for their spineless acquiescence, and his own attempts to make the United States a better country for all.
The 59-year-old said that Mr Trump was "a symptom as much as an accelerant" of America’s long-standing problems.
He said the US should have paid more attention to the forces behind Sarah Palin, and to Joe Wilson, the South Carolina congressman who interrupted Mr Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress in 2009 to yell: "You lie!"
"But if we were going to have a right-wing populist in this country, I would have expected somebody a little more appealing," he said.
"I guess I would not have expected someone who has complete disdain for ordinary people to be able to get attention and then the following from those very same people."
Mr Obama said that the "classic male hero in American culture" was someone like John Wayne, Gary Cooper, or Clint Eastwood.
"There’s a notion that a man is true to his word, that he takes responsibility, that he doesn’t complain, that he isn’t a bully; in fact he defends the vulnerable against bullies," he said.
"And so even if you are someone who is annoyed by wokeness and political correctness and wants men to be men again and is tired about everyone complaining about the patriarchy, I thought that the model wouldn’t be Richie Rich - the complaining, lying, doesn’t-take-responsibility-for-anything type of figure."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/barack-obama-likens-donald-trump-184535440.html
For Trumpsters, his whining, crybaby, "I take no responsibility at all" persona is what they LIKE about him. Of course, they have no idea what being a man is about and Trump PROVES that.
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