Meacham: Obama Took The ‘Wise’ High Road During Speech | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Former President Obama spoke frankly Wednesday evening during the DNC about President Trump not rising to meet the presidency and calling him a threat to democracy. Historian Jon Meacham discusses Obama's remarks. Aired on 8/20/2020.
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Meacham: Obama Took The 'Wise' High Road During Speech | Morning Joe | MSNBC

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    1. @D Parker cut your prozac in half and loosen the tin foil a bit…Its cutting circulation from your brain…..Obama and his staff have never been charge before and after in office….Trump was impeached over his crime by congress and over 30 of his staff have been charged and convicted……

    2. I can’t remember a public figure whose arrogance is so at odds with his actual abilities and accomplishments.

    1. I can’t remember a public figure whose arrogance is so at odds with his actual abilities and accomplishments.

    2. @J G He is nothing, he was nothing. All talk and BS but the morons bought it hook, line and sinker. Now the ones who voted for Hope and Change have got their answer. Every time the loser comes on with an address to the nation, we turn the TV off. I don’t need to hear the former Liar in Chief. Everyone knows he’s is lying or whining or trying to raise himself up as a great leader. Pathetic doesn’t even begin to describe this obnoxious little man.

    3. @G Sterling Funny. He was one of the most popular playboys in previous decades, owned much of Manhattan at one time or another, is a billionaire, married to a model, and soon a two term president.

      How, again, is that nothing in your world?

      What have you done to help the planet? Do you recycle? 🙂

    1. Michelle Obama When they go low, We go FISA. Her husband weaponized the CIA, DOJ, and the FBI to destroy their opponent, the Obama Administration is the most corrupt in history.

    1. Sad that telling the TRUTH is inspiring. 3 plus years of lies and still Donnie has a 40% base. Sad for America.

    1. Noe Berengena ….. The Bible my friend. The Bible. Think of it what you will but I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes on the day of reckoning. God bless America and God bless Donald J Trump for not supporting the “choice“, A truly diabolical option for the wicked and depraved Liberal Lunatics

    2. @Phinneas Bluster – LOL! I’m willing to bet my horse that you have never touched a Bible, not even when you run out of toilet paper.

    1. Obama echoed my own thoughts perfectly. When the election results came in, I was worried but hopeful the gravity of the responsibilities of the office would settle tRump down. Instead, he kept up his reality show looking at polls and ratings and keeping people divided up and in perpetual conflict to boost his ratings. Then pandemic happened, people are ill, unemployed, losing family and friends. It’s so glaringly obvious Trump cannot handle a crisis, yet the division continues and he still has support. Some days I find myself wondering if this country deserves to continue.

    2. @C. H. Well you sound more optimistic even though your not sure we deserve it,I am fearful for the country if Trump wins.I have no doubt Trump wants to model us after Russia.That is the real concern as he has already tried to go against the constitution I am afraid he just might.

    3. @philosophicalreason When we seem to be moving forward in the right direction, we get hit with a backlash attempting to pull us backward. We will not break loose of this vicious cycle until we figure out what to do about the disaster of Citizens United. I share your concerns, but it isn’t just tRump we need to worry about. When he is gone, we still have to deal with multinational corporations and multibillionaires who would seek to install inherited authoritarian oligarchy.

  1. President Obama’s speech was so sophisticated in his wording we know it went over Trump’s head Trump wishes he had vocabulary like that 👍😁👍

  2. He forgot the one accomplishment Donald Trump can be proud of: he has played more golf in 3 years than Obama in 8.

    1. @Alex Hamilton 👄The stats are ALL over the net!! They have been repeated a multitude of times!! A very poor attempt at “shade!” Go away until you find something legitimate to contribute!!!

  3. Obama gave the speech he had to for Americans. I’ll say why. This will hurt Trump supporters to their core because they know it to be true. Because he loves America.

    1. @real american Jealousy? How dumb are you? I live on the other side of the world, but even I can spot the difference between watching someone with class as opposed to watching a total buffoon, it’s so easy to see.

  4. Always a class act, eloquent and thoughtful. Great smack down of the clown in right now. Trump hates him even more now….

    1. Lawrence Harris that’s right there are dozens of facts to show how incompetent Trump is. Prove all the things YOU are saying

    2. @batgurrl List proven facts not just allegations..Which one you want one at a time so it’s not time consuming.

  5. Obama : “What we do, echos through generations”
    “….Do not let them take away your democracy. Exercise your rights. Vote!”

    Trump: ” Person”, ” Woman”, ” Man”, ” Camera”, “TV”

    1. @J G How about the results. Like Obama got healthcare for millions of uninsured Americans. When Trump was faced with a healthcare crisis (a) he had got rid of the people and ideas which Obama had set up to deal with a pandemic and (b) all the “policies” he had were “I have no responsibility” and “Let the governors do things” – which did not allow for those actions (like creating clear supply chains for PPE) which were best handled at the federal level. On that one, I’d say Obama 5 Trump 0.

  6. Obama is always eloquent, classy and truthful whenever he speaks which is the complete polar opposite to Divisive Don’s pathetic tweets.

    1. @What’s Up Watch his 4th of July speech. Listen to his Hall of Presidents speech. I can give you other examples.

      Besides the fact, it isn’t about how well they speak, it’s about the substance of the speech. Is it empty words or actual love of country. In Trump’s case, he isn’t the best speaker, but he loves the country and his course of action shows that he does. He also hates big government running people’s lives, and that makes him unpopular in Washington.

  7. Everything he spoke was truth, Republicans hate it because he’s Black 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

    1. Has nothing to do with him being half Black ( his mother is White ) Everything O” Bummer said was a lie. No other former Presidents have 15 minutes on national TV lying about a sitting president. They just don’t do it , it shows no class.
      Just this clown and loser.

  8. He has never given a bad speech that I’ve ever heard, anyway he did in a very public way assassinated BUNKERBOY BONESPURS job performance to a tee

  9. I’d been waiting to hear what Mr Meacham had to say, love his analysis. Another powerful night at the convention

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