John Heilemann reported today on MSNBC that Obama used to say that when he felt liberated to say what he really thinks.
The leash is off and the bear is roaring.
John Amato caught Obama lettin’ it rip earlier today.
During his 30-minute speech to drive-in rallygoers, he said Trump never embraced the job and instead used the presidency to help himself, his friends — and turned the White House into a reality show.
And then he dropped a truth bomb on Trump, telling the crowd that the so-called president was jealous that COVID gets more attention than him. He trolled Trump for once again focusing on inauguration crowd sizes.
Obama: “Who is thinking about that right now? Nobody except him, but the rest of us have had to live with the consequences.”
Obama then detailed the consequences of a Trump administration.
“More than 225,000 people in this country are dead. More than 100,000 small businesses have closed. Half a million jobs are gone in Florida alone. Think about that. And what’s his closing argument? That people are too focused on COVID. He said this at one of his rallies. “COVID, COVID, COVID!” he’s complaining. He’s jealous of COVID’s media coverage!”
Obama explained that the White House is a very controlled environment, but a second wave of infections has broken out even there.
“You can take some preventive measures in the White House to avoid getting sick, except this guy can’t seem to do it. [Trump] has turned the White House into a hot zone,” Obama said.
Oh, and by the way, Trump was watching. And he was livid.