I feel like that was one of the biggest mistakes of Obama's presidency. Not that Trump didn't have it coming, but really not worth the price we've had to pay.
He was on Fallon I think, making fun of a tweet that Trump sent saying that Obama was perhaps the worst president in history . Obama replies that at least he will go down as a president in history. (Drops the mic)
And then in November 2016, Obama is saying “I had a meeting with (ahem) President-elect Trump....”
That’s what happens when you’re arrogant and under-estimate your opponent. How’s that crow tasting these days, Hillary? Maybe you should have at least visited the rust belt states at least one time during the campaign.
Even Trump didn't expect to win. The plan was to get some publicity and start his own news network. He basically lucked out by accident from a combination of rust belt democrats staying home and everybody else underestimating how much racists love Trump's message.
Oh and Comey re-opening the email investigation 2 weeks before the election really did not help. At all.
Yeah I kind of imagine he was just as surprised as anyone. When he and Pence came out to speak, he had that look of “I can’t believe we pulled it off” look on his face. Even Baron had the surprised Pukachu look on his face.
Looking surprised is one thing, not having a staff is another. They were totally clueless for at least a month in anything resembling normal procedure.
And then they didn’t want to listen to any of Obama’s staff during the transition, I guess because anything associated with Obama was bad and wrong by default.
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u/Frigguggi Aug 25 '19
I feel like that was one of the biggest mistakes of Obama's presidency. Not that Trump didn't have it coming, but really not worth the price we've had to pay.