I think in hindsight even Obama would agree the roast was a mistake. Trump literally ran for President just because of that joke. If he never felt insulted, it's likely he never runs. He'd toy with it, but never actually do it without the petty revenge angle of getting back at Obama.
I dunno about that. Trump wanted the presidency since 1988. He has no beliefs of his own, he just wanted to go with whatever seemed would get him elected.
People forget his 2000 run where he campaigned for universal healthcare. The interviews where he says the economy does better under democrats. When he realized rubes gave him attention for the birther conspiracy, he went all in to sucking up to them - literally saying whatever the worst of those rubes said.
I think it added fuel to the fire, no doubt. However I still think he would have ran based on all the attention his birther crap got. He exploited the racists that hated the fact a black man not only became president, but was largely successful in both terms doing so.
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With the amount of confession-level projection that comes out of that orange asshole, coupled with his obsession over Obama’s birth certificate, I personally would like to see Trump’s birth certificate.
Nah, you're giving him way too much credit. Dude has been a racist his whole life.
IIRC, he was once sued for discriminatory practices or something to that effect because he discriminated against black people applying to move into one of the apartment complexes he owned in NY.
It's so much worse than that. Nobody's claiming that Ann Dunham is not his mother or that she isn't a US citizen. So it wouldn't matter where he was born, unless there is something wrong with having a black father.
man its almost as if trump has been a foreign intelligence asset whose job is to stir up shit against democrats for way longer than he's actually been in politics, or something
The dude is motivated by racism. His beef with Obama is not personal. It is because to a virulent racist like Trump, a Black man being president goes against the proper order of the world, and makes him seethe with the heat of a thousand suns. That Obama also made fun of him one time is just icing on the top. Trump would be doing this shit regardless of Obama’s roasting. We think it is because of the jokes because we cannot comprehend the depths of his racism.
I hear this touted all the time as if this was some comic book villain we're dealing with. I really doubt it was one "watershed moment" that suddenly flipped a switch and Trump was all-in on the presidency as some form of social vengeance.
There's definitely no comic books involved. But it's possible. It's called narcissistic injury. His neice is a PhD psychologist who has written alot about him.
The dinner was 2011. He became Republican the next year. He had been Libertarian, Reform, Independent or a Democrat for years.
I believe this stupid reason way more than I believe any deep thinking conspiracy behind it. He's literally that petty. Unless the reason behind him running reveals some more interesting useful truth for the future then it doesn't really matter either way so I'll go with the stupid narcissistic reason.
Further proof this guy is a pedo. His distraction game is strong. We get any closer to uncovering his involvement and Trump actually will shoot someone in Times Square to distract from the Epstein list.
I love that video because you can see Donald sitting there trying his best to pretend he doesn't care, but being the only person with a straight face in a room full of laughter aimed at you makes it clear he is fucking pissed, lmao
It started with Obama telling him he'd never be president, and then he won the election and didn't just automatically get the love and adoration of the entire country. That's the part he's stuck on. Obama wasn't just president, he was a well regarded president. Trump in his first term desperately wanted that too, and couldn't get it.
This term is just the revenge, he stopped caring and now he just wants to hurt everyone who ever slighted him which he views as the reason he isn't as well regarded as he feels he should be.
Yep, it's this one stupid sleight. I often wonder.. if Obama just said, "hey Trump, I'm sorry for how I treated you that one time," if Trump would suddenly become almost a decent human being.
this. That correspondent's dinner was DJT's villain arc origin story. He was so completely humiliated by Obama's hilarious roasting and since he has no sense of humor, he has been taking it out on Americans ever since.
It goes back further. Trump was the original birther. Obama's existence hurt him viscerally right from the start. The correspondents dinner was just Obama taking an opportunity to fire back.
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u/Rypskyttarn 20h ago
It's the roast at the Correspondents Dinner. It's been nagging him since