Obama at opening of Obama Presidential Center
Trump, after ruining DC reflecting pool for $16 m"A historian once told me that the presidency would distill
Donald Trump to his essence. That essence, it turns out, is trillions of microscopic
organisms that suck up all the oxygen and endanger life around them.
That essence is slimy, stinky and unrelenting, as reflected
in the mass of algae that infests the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln
Memorial. The president had pledged an “American flag blue” sheen, but the
algae created green streaks that mar the $14 million makeover of the water
mirror.
The algae is a perfect metaphor to reflect on our
unreflective president and his impulsive and solipsistic style of governing".-
Maureen Dowd, ‘Creature From The Green Lagoon’, NY Times
You have to admire the sheer, brazen chutzpah of a sophomoric, moron WSJ cub reporter (Matthew Continetti):
who scribbled perhaps the most cockeyed essay ('Obama's Legacy Is The Trump Presidency', June 17, p. A15) in the Journal's troll farm history with this batshit opening bollocks:
"Even the most imposing facade can't mask the failures of the 44th President. If Barack Obama altered the nation's direction it was toward decline."
Failures! Hey, Sparky! This real president you profane won an actual Nobel Peace Prize. Not a fake one. Or a hand-me-down from a 2025 winner seeking her own relief from the orange fungus. Have you lost your marbles with Dotard Derangement Gaslighting Syndrome? Have you been paying any attention the last few months, the last year and a half? Have you seen what this fecal fungus has done to the reflecting pool? To the People's House (WH East wing). Do you have even an ounce of grey matter left in that shriveled skull of yours? Hint: It is the mega failures of the orange buffoon in the White House (No. 47) that can't be masked. Mostly driven by clear, palpable insanity,
Let's start with the twerp's intro bitch that:
"Obama's 2015 deal with Iran legitimized the Islamic Republic's nuclear program."
Really? Then you clearly - as a cub reporter- don't know that Obama's 2015 deal actually removed 97 percent of nuclear materials. This incompetent Bozo isn’t even aware that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) also utilized
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor compliance. The
framework featured continuous monitoring of declared sites, strict supply-chain
tracking, and a mandated 24-day resolution process for inspections at any
suspicious or undeclared facilities.
The IAEA deployed modern technology, including
tamper-resistant cameras, online enrichment monitors, and electronic seals, to
continuously monitor Iran's declared nuclear facilities. In addition, Inspectors
tracked the entire nuclear supply chain, placing surveillance systems on
centrifuge rotor and bellows production workshops.
Bu contrast Trump, aka Dotard, has no clue what to do - offering at times to have troops go in and round up the material, or just 'make Iran surrender it'. What about monitoring compliance? Supply chain tracking? The orange fool has no clue. Not one.
Apart from this, what do you call Trump's "deal" in which he dispatched to Iran 100 times the amount of money that was sent to Iran under the Obama administration? This is revealed in the 'Memorandum of Understanding' Trump released, i.e.
Can you say, blind giveaway, Sparky? Can you say mammoth gift? How about "an American surrender"? How about we bring up the opinion of perennial WaPo Trumper columnist Mark Thiessen:
And you want to claim Obama started America's decline? What planet in what parallel universe are you living on? At least Thiessen grasps that Trump had been condemning Obama for what he, Donnie Bonespurs, is now doing - but Capt. Bonespurs is giving Iran 100 times more money!
Continetti also has the nerve to yap:
"Mr. Obama's disregard for voters was evident in healthcare which he jammed through Congress with the promise that Americans could keep their plans and premiums would fall. But millions of plans were later canceled and premiums doubled."
The ACA was no 'disregard' of voters, but rather a veritable lifeline. The law has transformed the American health care system by expanding health coverage to 20 million Americans and saving thousands of lives. The ACA codified protections for people with preexisting conditions and eliminated patient cost sharing for high-value preventive services
As for your complaint about 'cancellations' mayhap you forgot it mandated that all individual and small-group health
plans meet specific essential health benefits (e.g., maternity care, mental
health services, preventative care). Plans in existence before the law that did
not meet these criteria were canceled. But the Gooniper doesn't mention any of that.
The fool also evidently forgot that the enhanced premium tax credits introduced during the pandemic expired under the GOP, resulting
in massive premium spikes for millions of Americans. Without these beefed-up
subsidies, out-of-pocket premiums for the average subsidized household more
than doubled.
Never mind, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided more net benefits
than drawbacks for Americans, primarily by cutting the national uninsured rate
in half to an all-time low and protecting millions from pre-existing condition
discrimination.
The delirious twit then really goes full tilt blind, 'pot-kettle-blackie', ranting how:
"Mr. Obama took executive actions that required neither congressional approval nor democratic consent."
Trumpers like Continetti don't wish to hear the facts, but Trump issued HUNDREDS of Executive orders - most during his 2nd term rollout. NONE of which had congressional approval or any democratic input. In other words, done with no checks and balances only cowardly GOP yellowbelly compliance. Indeed, most of these - especially regarding the immigration enforcement and DOGE actions -were unconstitutional. But those like Continetti would rather loll in their delusional world that their orange overseer is a overshadowing previous presidents when he isn't doing squat. But he could hold up each signed product in a leather binder, similar to a toddler who just completed a page in his coloring book. "Looky, Mommy! I did do it! I did!"
Obama, say what you might, was at least moderate in his rollout of his executive orders, and took this course of action only after Sen. Mitch McConnell vowed to block his every major bill effort, especially those on immigration.
In the end, Continetti's pathetic piece is merely a lot of 'sour grapes' whining on behalf of his orange master. By contrast, Lawrence O'Donnell (see link below) had the correct take, noting:
"President Obama displayed amazing grace under pressure, dignity and leadership capability - even winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Then came Donald Trump. A man of disgraceful, heartless vulgarity, stupidity and cruelty. It's all in the video records now as well as historical.
Historians now have everything they need to compare these two presidencies and these two men in every way. And Donald Trump ends up the loser in that comparison in every possible way."
Continetti - maybe seeking to impress the other WSJ trolls- is clearly no historian. But he is a so-so propagandist and historical revisionist. Ditto with similar WSJ Trump- coddling gaslighters like the three stooges: Dan Henninger, Holman Jenkins Jr. and Kimberley Strassel. Who continually try to paint Trump as a powerful prez with "vigor" - gaslighting their readers like their Fox News Cousins.
Continetti ends his pathetic effort writing:
"Mr. Obama's presidency casts a fading shadow. Most of his plans have been dashed his achievements reversed.
Yeppers, reversed by an ignorant, lying swine not fit to lick Obama's shoes. Reversals that will cost Americans dearly in coming decades - everything from climate change progress (Paris Accords) to going back to coal -fired utility plants, already spiking rates of cancer and respiratory illness, not to mention abandoning the World Health Organization, just in time for the next pandemic. Meanwhile, Trump leaves behind a foul, algae-polluted reflecting pool which is a metaphor for his "slimy, stinky" presidency in Maureen Dowd's NY Times' piece parlance. And the fucking liar - whose folly will cost taxpayers up to $16 m, won't even own up to it - casting the blame on "vandals". His 36, 112th lie.
Here's what Trump leaves behind, cubbie, and let it sink in. This is the foul maggot's legacy - in addition to a colossal "peace" giveaway:
See Also:
Lawrence: Trump chose to play Obama's game and lost badly.
And:
by Robert Reich | June 22, 2026 - 5:21am | permalink— from Robert Reich's Substack
Friends,
Referring to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, Minnesota governor Tim Walz commented on X: “Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went. The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.” (Walz could have added: “blamed others for his failure, conjured up a conspiracy, then prosecuted them.”)
One remarkable aspect of Trump’s horrendous reign is how many crises and problems he’s brought on himself — created them out of thin air. Then he brags about how well he’s handled them. And when they go wrong — as they inevitably do — he casts blame on others or on his political opponents.
Four examples from the last few days:
And:
by Sarah K. Burris | June 19, 2026 - 5:20am | permalink— from Alternet
Former First Lady Michelle Obama issued strong praise for her husband at the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center on the south side of Chicago on Thursday. And in that profound speech, she criticized President Donald Trump without mentioning his name.
After words of thanks, she turned to her husband to talk about watching him serve eight years in the White House.
"I know it hasn't always been easy, but there hasn't been a single second through this experience that standing by your side hasn't left me in awe," Mrs. Obama said. "Eight years in the crucible. And not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence, your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage. Your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber. And to do it all as a first and the higher standard that comes with all that."
And:
by Joseph Gerson | June 19, 2026 - 4:39am | permalink
The Memorandum of Understanding, which ostensibly ends the four-month war between the US and Iran, illuminated the profound US defeat. In addition, a Quincy Institute webinar on military lessons from the war, shortly before the MOU’s release, enumerated numerous ways in which the US failures in its misbegotten war reveal how drastically US military dominance has been undermined for the long term.
On the subject of the relative decline of US power and influence, the impacts of the war on world energy supplies—especially in Asia—will reinforce political and economic pressures for alternative—non-fossil—energy sources. China is already light years ahead of the US in clean energy production technologies, while President Donald Trump thinks only in the very short term as he maximizes oil and gas production and exports while attempting to revitalize filthy coal mining.
And:
by Amanda Marcotte | June 20, 2026 - 5:10am | permalink— from Salon
Years before he ran, the throughline that would define Donald Trump’s presidency was set: his racist, unhinged obsession with Barack Obama. Trump could have gone down in history with a minor but positive reputation, remembered vaguely but fondly by most Americans as the goofy New York character who hosted “The Apprentice.” Instead, he fell into a spiral of outrage that a Black man who was smarter, more handsome and more beloved than he could ever be had been elected president.
Trump famously spent much of 2011 pushing the racist conspiracy theory that Obama could not be a native-born citizen. This resulted in Obama mocking him while Trump seethed at the White House Correspondents Dinner, a narcissistic injury that clearly stings Trump to this day. Trump spent the next decade-plus trying to destroy Obama’s legacy, which he hasn’t been able to do, despite two presidential wins. If anything, Trump’s malevolence and clownishness have only served to heighten the nation’s nostalgia for the Obama years.
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