EXCLUSIVE: Barack Obama talks Gaza, Israel and the 2024 Election
It’s Election Day, with big implications for abortion, democracy, and much more in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi. It's also one year out from the 2024 presidential election, and a new set of battleground polls in the New York Times shows Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden just about everywhere. Meanwhile, Trump takes the stand in his civil fraud case while his advisors draw up plans to use the military against protesters if he wins the election. Then, Barack Obama sits down with Jon, Tommy, Dan and Alyssa Mastromonaco for an expansive conversation on democracy, violence in the middle east, and his memories of winning the presidency fifteen years ago.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Barack Obama Interview
33:28 - Ad break
37:28 - Elections
1:06:39 - Ad break
1:09:23 - Trump
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PSA11623
I miss when America was good enough to elect this man twice.
That’s on us. When democrats show up, we win. We still live in a misogynistic country. That’s why Hilary lost. Haley wouldn’t win either - especially amongst the biggest misogynists, republicans. Just vote! 💙
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
We probably would today too to be fair. Hopefully we’ll get Joe back too 🙄
@@andrewbidwell6421 Hopefully!
Retards
I miss him so much, with respect and admiration… ❤❤❤❤
Ok commie
I wasn’t necessarily a fan of his when he was president, but I always defended that he was a great speaker and very clearly well educated.
And he thinks before he speaks.
You've always been an awesome speaker Mr. President, giving conviction , inspiration and hope. We need you!!!
How did we get from that man to the other one? It's as if as a country we all put our brains in a glass by the bed for 4 years.
"the other one" 😂. Say his name (three times)
TFG
I love you Obama! But, the first thing I learned during 2016, and previously in 2000, is that we need to get rid of the Electoral College. The majority of people voted for Gore, and Hillary, but were eluded by this last vestige of the Confederacy. It needs to go away. If states with 150,000 people can determine how the majority (of which I grew up with when groups of us kids would raise our hands for the majority) of our country who hold a majority rule, and try to turn an 80% viewpoint it causes division. The majority of this country doesn't want Roe v Wade overturned, or LGBTQ rights overturned, or the right to contraception overturned. The Presidential election, should, like local elections be determined by popular vote. Period.
Exactly! Why do we even still have states that once were evenly populated like others, but they are not now (far ago, to be honest), and they don't deserve to have the same "political weight" as the densely populated ones...?! Why the heck both Dakotas have 2 senators each, similar to California, or Texas, or Florida...?! It's ridiculous! And unfair! And it distorts (political) reality!
The electoral college was put in place specifically to sabotage democracy and protect slavery. The one time it made sense to actually use it as such, in 2016, the option was ignored in favor of letting trump win. I'm not under any illusions that getting rid of it would actually make a real difference (Clinton in 2016 was a sacrificial candidate that the deep state, a strongly conservative entity that very much exists, actively tanked, culminating in the BS about Benghazi, including an investigation being launched WITHOUT EVIDENCE, days before the election), but when the explicit purpose of the electoral college was to protect stuff like slavery it's long past time for it to go.
I agree, but that’s not going to happen in my lifetime.
I agree!!!! It should be a popular vote. I live in WA. State and the president results have been called before our state is even counted.
Yes. But it's not going to happen. Not now. And not likely in my lifetime. So we have to live with it and _still_ work for progress. Yes, it will be harder. And it will be even _harder_ with the Christian Taliban in firm control of our Supreme Court. Our many, _many_ past mistakes make it far harder than it should be. But that's just reality. And just because it's hard, we can't give up. We can't wait until a fantasy future somehow arrives... by magic? No matter how hard it gets, we just have to keep working hard to move forward. And right now, that means accepting that the Electoral College is a thing. It's a thing in reality, right now - not forever, hopefully, but right now.
The only President, I loved listening to, so naturally speaking caring n so meaningful…so many miss you Barack Obama
THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT KENNEDY. HE WAS SUCH A BLESSING TOO. THE ONLY PRESIDENT WHO REMINDS ME OF PRESIDENT OBAMA. WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY POTUS OBAMA REMINDS ME OF POTUS KENNEDY. MY 2 FAVORITES!!!
@@moniquecamp5778 100 agree with you. I still some times open up Kennedys speeches just to listen
I love him and his perspective.
Your ACA has made an enormous impact on my life! Thank you, I am a grandma from England and now an American Citizen . THANK YOU ❤️
It’s turned the cost right on the middle class and has caused our healthcare to become socialized. He basically screwed the middle class.
@@philliphutcheson4219Not necessarily true.
@@tpad6 100% true. All sorts of data supports it being bad.
How could our nation have gone from this wonderful person, President Obama, to the creep trump?!
And then to the geriatric Biden
Alot of America was tierd of this calm chaos and wanted change...he knows how to be calm and sell us war for citi bank...he did save my mother with the preexisting conditions clause in the ACA..but other than that it was all a sales pitch..
Right wing propaganda.
Hillary Clinton
Racist backlash, right wing billionaires funding the Tea party and right wing media spreading the message of victimhood.
This is the first time I've listened to Pod Save America and I enjoyed it very much.
A generous and intelligent man with a heart bigger than his body !
Miss the decent personhood that Obama brought to WH.
It is So Needed!!!
@@debbievoss3496we have it now, unfortunately the orange hate gang constantly sucks the air from the universe. 🙏🏻🇺🇸⚖️
Joe Biden is a good and decent person.
@@toterola451 He is also a decent president, its just that his age makes it so he can't be as energetic and his administration is absolutely terrible with communicating (when their opposing side is a propaganda powerhouse that is constantly devouring itself)
@@audreywellham2413Yes, my God they’re draining
I haven’t watched more than 30 seconds yet but it’s already AWESOME 😭😍❤️☮️
That was me. And in tears as Obama described his mother-in-laws demeanor that night. 😢
@@eastcoasttransplant429me too. In tears about the decency,respect and absence of hate . Trump has made political discourse so negative and vitriolic, and in attempting to match their fire with fire of our own,we have developed calluses and stopped drawing on the highest parts of ourselves.
Miss him so much!
Great to hear the acknowledgement of complexity and nuance, with humanism, that Barack embodies.
I really didn’t appreciate Obama when he was POTUS. Yes, I disagreed with his policies plenty but I took for granted civil discourse and disagreement. I miss him and moreover the political culture of the time.
I'm a black voter and I know not one black voter my age voting for Donald Trump maybe that's because I'm 72 and have a full understanding of a working democracy🎉
Please talk to the young people in your family. Make sure they know how important it is to vote for democracy. 💕
I'm 72 as well. And I wish there were no _white_ voters voting for Donald Trump, either. And no voters staying home on election day. No voters throwing away their vote on some idiotic third part candidate. My wishes don't seem to matter too much, huh? Certainly, there's been progress in our lifetime. And as a straight white man in America, I've had every advantage, myself. But I'm finding it harder and harder to stay optimistic right now. I've opposed the GOP for a half-century now, ever since they first adopted their notorious "Southern strategy" of deliberately wooing white racists. And man, it's depressing how well that worked for them!
No trolling, but why would you vote for former President Trump?
@@kevoreilly6557 I don't know who you're replying to, but whoever it is, I think you misread the comment.
You need help
Isn't it wonderful to be graced with greatness ❤❤❤
When you raised well you live well and you stay humble
Obamas entire presidency was literally 8 years of America at war. over half a million innocent civilians killed. Its because of him that boys and men are going into your little girls bathrooms, locker rooms and undressing in front of them. He bailed out the banks that screwed over the people. He helped Marxist group BLM with their funding and then subsequent rioting and looting that destroyed 2 cities and left people dead and then went on to steal 90 million dollars and buy mansions. On the day that children at Uvalde were killed he instead posted a pictured of criminal crackhead george floyd. And btw it was a mentally ill confused trans person that he propped up killed those children. And he said nothing of importance in this interview. He gets and accepts interviews with people that ask him nothing to challenge him. but you are not intelligent enough to see through his bs
Then that doesn’t apply to Obama.
I'm so glad I voted for him twice. A brilliant, compassionate, natural born leader who knows how to bring people together.
Absolutely and such a class act!
@@saramill2097wtf are you talking about
@@cpa2132Trolls gotta troll. Probably still pushing the born in Kenya crap.
. Be careful TRUMP SUPPORTERS are very dangerous people
@@saramill2097please be careful TRUMP SUPPORTERS are very dangerous people
Kindness. That's a word you don't hear about in politics too much.
President Obama , eloquent as always ... touching our hearts...thank you
I'll tell u what's missing in our world, is thoughtful, articulate, meaningful dialog U R missed Mr. President
How much he is missed. What a phenomenal President, First Lady, First Family and Cabinet. A tradition carried out now by President Biden, VP Harris and their Cabinet. We can do this America, We have no Choice. Vote Blue🗳🗳🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Biden has been an abject disaster. You guys are delusional.
Mediocrity & Biden continue his DISASTROUS legacy. Alex Epstein 's "FOSSIL FUTURE" on sale now.
Yes, we can.
I miss this guy. I miss the Years we had when he was in 😖
I wish I could afford milk and eggs and gas like in 2020
My Grandfather was a 93 year old Norwegian farmer from rural South Dakota. He loved Barack Obama and used to say, "If he is elected, we might finally have a democracy." He passed a month before the election in 2008.
I'm so sorry for your loss Jessica and so sorry your grandfather didn't witness President Obama inthe physical world but I know his spirit was very Happy and Proud !!! Peace and Blessings 🙏🙌🫶
He couldn't have been more wrong and I presume he must have been suffering an aggressive type of dementia that was terminal? I am sorry for your loss.
@@luisscrivs3695 what an insensitive and rude comment to make - You are the epitome of evil!
That was god calling for him not to realize how wrong he was.
FU both. Trumpers obviously. Just as crass.
He is what we need. Please get out there and speak these words to more than people who viewed this podcast. We miss President Obama!
Unfortunately, tickets to Obama talks are astronomically expensive. :/
I Miss the ability to be a proud American under this gifted talented man.
The thought of DJT in office absolutely terrifies me. Full stop.
Sorry about that buddy ... so the air head is terrified? Get ready, he's coming back. Trump 24
@@twylah9047wow you pathetic sore LOSER TRUMP supporters REALLY think AMERICANS will vote for a CORRUPT DISHONEST CRIMINAL RAPIST like DONALD Trump again huh.
@@twylah9047so you would VOTE for a RAPIST like DONALD Trump. Incredible
@@twylah9047 and are you going to tell your daughter you support TRUMP a man who cheated on his wife while she was pregnant and pay a porn star money for sex and raped E,JEAN CARROLL in a NYC DEPARTMENT store DRESSING room. Incredible
That doesn’t even make sense.
Obama knows what is going on & so does President Biden
Yes war...hes very good at it
Is that why Joe Biden let Afghanistan fall to the Taliban, Russia invaded Ukraine, Israel was attacked by Hamas.
@@fixitfelix718lol. Well you must love that Biden got us out of Afghanistan right?
@@fixitfelix718 You mean the guys that got us out of Iraq and Afghanistan after the GOP spent 4 trillion and embedded us in oil wars? GTFO
I agree. He doesn’t get enough credit.
That 32:07 is the AMERICA that all the world would like to see. Smart, classy, with intelligent people, competent people and civilised. Thank you OBAMA ET CO. ❤❤❤❤❤
Right, never mind the fact that he helped cartel folks get our guns and kill our citizens with them.🤦🏻🤦🏻
I just bumped in to this. I’m sitting here with tears, just listening to his voice. His reason. And I would give a limb to go back to this. What has happened to this country since 2016 is just mind boggling. Those are 8 years I’ll never forget. And I hope the history books reflect this, too. But we know how that might end. I personally feel the closest connection we have to Barack and this state of mind is Pete Buttigieg. This left me so emotional. God help us all.
I loved the Obama presidency except for his not defending Syria and Crimea, so my rating went down to a C
Feelings over facts🤦
@@Marcus-eb4yx at last some have feelings duh
Yep. BHO & Pete are cut from the same cloth.
i like your comment. it is difficult to live with the change in conversations , etc
I miss him. Our nation misses him.
I think the world misses him.
Unfortunately, a huge part of your nation obviously does NOT miss him; if they did, Trump would never stand a chance of winning.
Always tear up a bit when I see President Obama. The thought of what we once had and of what followed is so depressing.
You're not alone.♥️
I could listen to him speak endlessly. He and Michelle both.
Gullible numpty
4 questions, 30 minutes. One thing for Biden, he abandoned his trains of thought. "Anyway," and continued on track.
best argument against presidential term limits
Such good advice to listen to opposing arguments and feel what they feel. Thank you!
Bro is just too cool with it,one of the most Presidential Presidents ever
We need a think tank to make and track multi generational plans - to counter the Heritage Foundation et. al. Securing in the constitution voting rights in which One citizen = One vote. This would involve dissolution of the Electoral College and other voter subversion relics of the horse and buggy days. The USA needs to catch up to our sister and brother democracies in Australia, Canada and Europe. May be the Obama Foundation can build that think tank.
the national popular vote interstate compact has already been ratified in many states. we're not as far away as you think.
We need to meet up. The founders of the free world pushed the natives Americans onto Reservations and gave them the ability to govern themselves. This ended the savage wars and Indian barbarism of scalps. These people had been at war and killing each other for thousands of years. The founders of the greatest country in the world ended all that and gave them Civilization. Peace, prosperity. Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness .......... Maybe the Jews and Palestinians could LEARN FROM THE HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS. Maybe the solution is for the Jews to push the MUSL8M TERR8RISTS onto reservations???? To END THE KILLING OF CHILDEREN. What do you think about all that?
Wow this is just ridiculous logic you have Getting rid of the college would legit cause a second Civil War and stop comparing yourself to other stupid shit holes in Europe and Canada. This is why nobody likes you people for.
I want a hug from Obama 😭
I want to hug him!!
Obama is one of the premier bullshitters of all time. Don't get me wrong, he is an excellent public speaker who can speak for hour without ever saying anything factual or even true. A perfect politician for influencing American voters, many of whom are airheads.
You just got one.
We love this man. Hope & Change. No going back.
Balanced thought and practical to issue at hand... let's face reality and listen more to the other folks
So refreshing to listen to an intelligent, well-spoken individual!
Yep
well-spoken maybe, but poorly acted
Especially after Trump and the American Idiocracy
Tell us again how you got taken for a fool please.😂🤣😂
Love❤ our former president
Now I see why my ESL students love him. He speaks quite slowly. :D
Haha see my comment above as well. But he is!
And with excellent diction.
This is the first time I've heard anything hopeful or reassuring. Thank you President Obama, for your insight and emotional intelligence. You are pragmatic and give me hope. I so appreciate your sensible, straightforward way of slicing through all the BS that every talking head and social participant seems to spout. You just get to it and make me feel better. I so needed that.
I used to *feel* the same way exactly; because I was so charmed by his presence, his rhetoric, his measured & presidential affect. That's because i was going on how he made me *feel* vs what was really going on that the media would *never* talk about. In the past few years I put my emotions aside, switched my bullshit meter into the on position & did some homework. Policy and what the media *isn't* telling you is where the truth s usually kept at bay. We were in two wars w/ the Bush admin; Obama took us to *seven* He dropped 26k bombs on innocent civilians until the military literally ran out of bombs. He created a drone program that killed 96k people (and won a peace prize for it) He kicked 51 million people out of their homes while making sure the bankers on wall street never missed a bonus. He claimed to save the lower class communities in Flint Michigan of their poisonous water, but failed to do it entirely. All of this with a calm, reassuring smile to let you know that he's one of the *good* uncorrupt politicians in DC. The truth hurt for sure, but it made me grow up a little bit & put my emotions aside. The media, nor the government are our cozy friend group. The media (people like Maddow, whom I used to adore) with their faux "down to earth" "smart" calm, all knowing, smug reassurances are all bought & paid for.
i am not american but obviously concerned about politics in the US because itimpacts all of us, whether we like it or not, but damn how i miss this guy being your President. i just see an interview with him, it doesnt matter the topic i listen, its a good way to relax and feel better
We miss him too, believe me!
Lots of us do throughout the world.
You want to know something interesting? The groups of people who would become the TRUMP M.A.G.A group both the electorate and the politicians. Vowed that they would make sure that he got nothing passed. Not only to stagnate the country but to make sure he would only be a one term president. Most of them were pissed he became president. Those people were the ones that stormed the capitol in January 6th. Pissed off for 8 years that we did have a traditional old white president.
The world will be a better place if we still had this guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Obama is one of the men running the country not Sleepy Joe the Big Guy!
Please bring him back! It’s so nice to hear a civilized and educated voice.
I grew up in the Midwest, USA. I've been in California at least 40 years, and have met people from all over the world here, different cultures, and we've all learned to live together and get along, many have been immigrants. Don't dismiss California as the worst. The weather is the best, and the people are better than you might think.
Love,respect, empathy and compassion are all the emotions I am filled with from listening to this man...a true leader of a country that could lead the other countries in another time. We are just too impatient and individualistic now. Love and respect
What a joke..he funded Terrorism wake up
Ha!
Now you want wife 2b president
You did well but us fails..
4:29 😂
Biden's old. Trump is old. Do you wamt to live in a democracy or not? We can't do anything about Biden's age.
the only question that should be asked until 2025
@wootmcgyver7530 I'm 66. Biden is the best president in my lifetime. Just one example? He's tossed out trickle-down economics, something bold and something even Obama didn't do. Biden has my vote in 2024. And Pete will have my vote in 2028 if he runs.
@@rossross6456I hope to see a President Pete someday.
Good lord yes! I’m am over the age thing. If people want change they need to educate themselves and act. It’s enraging.
@wootmcgyver7530who is your first choice?
Love him or hate him, but when this man is speaking everyone is listening.
he is a 7 times warcriminal ... so what is to "love" about this a...ole
Feels so right to hear words expressing understanding and acceptance of wherever we are in our lives.
Amen. 🙂
I love that man dearly. He’ll always be my favorite president and thought leader. ~ a 08 Obama volunteer (unquirky variety)
@@chadabercrombie6860 you are so lame 🤡
I am a MAGA volunteer. Nice to meet you!
@@chadabercrombie6860 your comment reveals a great deal about you and nothing about President Obama.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So thoughtful and wise, we were lucky to have him.
One of the worst President's in our history... Obama be looking old... Hanging around the wrong boy friend.
And then we got horsepucky
Vote blue
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂you’re kidding,……😂😂😂😂😂 he didn’t do a damn thing in eight long years.😂😂😂😂😂 Trump did MORE in 4 than obummer did in eight.
@@marietellez6021Hell no,….. you guys bring inflation, war, open borders, etc,…… Trump 2024,….
Love it.❤❤❤
I don’t agree with him on everything, but there’s nothing wrong with what he said. We all have to work together, we only know what our media wants to share, but we learn the truth when we talk to each other. I’m happy I have neighbors that are Filipino, Latino, Afghan, and black. We have brought so much joy and education into one others life. I appreciate him taking some accountability. America leads good leadership.
I miss Obama so much.
Same.
Loser
@@LaSmoocherinarespectedsiriamiovelyapersited❤thankyousomach🌹
I love to hear him speak. I just wish he could help more.
I am grateful to have lived in the time of President Barack Obama.
ME TOO! EXTREMELY HAPPY -- AN Honor
Absolutely wonderful interview with my favorite former president who was also my favorite president. And, I want to point out, as I'm sure you too will remember, that President Barack Obama was and still is the only president who also has a great sense of humor. Remember his anger manager. I have a collection of many of my favorite Obama speeches, including Obama comedy speeches. Trump is literally as far away from anything remotely humorous. Trump, the death monger NEVER laughs AT ALL.
✨👍✨🇯🇵me too💖
Man. Such grace. Let’s get back to this! We deserve it. ❤
🤫🤫🤫🤫He is behind the curtain pulling the stings!
Find the light now before it's late when you seek it elsewhere and may not find
We currently have the next best thing. President Biden is a great president and a great man. That's why former President Obama chose him to serve as his Vice President.
@@corndog1868 Not at all. President Biden is his own man and he is a great man in his own right. It's why former President Obama chose him to be his Vice President.
Yes because he wanted in on getting rich🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑@@rhondah1587
Hope and change! So much more powerful than hate and retributiin! We need to remember and bring it forward while there is still time!
The moment you appeared my body settled down into calm…listening, hanging onto every word, remembering our house call center for our neighborhood…saving and sharing this for use now. Thank you. I love you, additionally the government of your days.
What a powerful message. I love Barack Obama‼️🙏🏾💛👏🏽👏🏽
At the age of 63 I’m questioning much of my life but voting for this man twice makes me proud of myself and grateful that I got that opportunity.
“I’m just glad I got to be on the planet when Barack Obama was president.” -Chris Rock
Too bad he couldn't have ran again he would of been re-elected smart, educational, cares for all of us not a selfish person
Terrible mistake,….. he’s a race baiter. Like seriously,…EVERYthing is about race with this obummer.
I hear you, I'm 66 & am doing some reevaluation myself. I hear you on Obama votes too. I am verklempt at his every word & I had to take a break. Wish this were required viewing or I could lure people in to see this. From all sides of the aisle. Not because he's Dem but because his words are that profound & vital. I am proud too, that I am here, now, to be able to fight the current drive for Autocracy. Fight now & vote then against it in all its forms. .
You shouldn't be proud you should be ashamed
Obama’s big scandal was wearing a tan suit. I miss those days..
Not Libya 😂 😂
Don’t forget the crime of liking Grey Poupon mustard
God I miss him as my President . Somebody give this man an Academy Award..
WE are all grateful to you guys who keep good and honest Information coming to us.
My husband was dying, so I didn’t even know Obama was President…until, I saw him speak and loved him immediately. Brilliant and handsome. To find out we got trump as backlash, because Obama was “black” was shocking. Obama was a brilliant, very well spoken, and handsome I guess I miss the vitriol. I thought we were way past that. What a damn shame
Oh my goodness, how I so miss this fantastic human being President Obama as our leader. The days when we felt safe and that we were growing forward. His words are so deeply appreciated. Love and tears.
One of the best Presidents ever on a short list!
It just shows the idiocy of the American two-party electoral system, which is now more fragmented than ever before. America swings between the Bushs to the Obamas. Swinging between debt-exploding republican congresses to sensible democrat congresses. Now, the Maga bunch have meant there is no working together or crossing the aisle. Where the politicians who are only out for themselves is growing. I can't see an end to this. trump finally disappearing won't make much difference (except making me super happy not to see his stupid face or listen to his stupid whining). And you realise when you hear Obama talking, what a crap show trump and his enablers are.
To clarify, I meant no insult at all to President Biden, I was referring to the trauma to our Nation since 2016 and the negative impact of Trumpism.
Tell that to the Syrians and their country he illegally invaded his action caused all that destruction no one invaded Egypt the country was not destroyed, no one invaded Tunisia where it all started the country was not destroyed, Look what he did to Libya, sure you felt safe because you don't care what happen to other human being
Lol😂 you’re kidding,…….. right? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a guy,…. Did nothing in 8 years for his own people,…. But passed laws that would support Lgbtq.
Inspiring Leadership 🤙 Mahalo and Aloha from Hawaii
My dear and wonderful Mr. President Barack Obama, Hearing and seeing you is a much needed healing balm to my soul. I miss you terribly and I need your influence. I have not felt this calm since 2016. Thank you!
People forget that Obama was seethingly distrustful of Netanyahu. Not Israel as a country, Netanyahu specifically. It's always been known that his means will lead to no end. I've always thought Obama held a sort of Mandela inspired view, that Israel has a right to exist within the security of their borders. But it does not have a right to occupy or hold the Golan heights which was conquered from the Arabs. Encroachment on Jerusalem etc etc.. all things which Bibi has never respected. I wonder if Obama has had the 'talk' with Joe.
I remember that. I believe he even discussed a two state solution and the occupation. Republicans screeched on Fox News that he was doing an 'apology tour' to the Middle East afterward and how he was 'leading from behind'. They were such A-holes. Bibi then got back at Obama by speaking in front of the Republican House without even clearing it with the Obama administration. Netanyahu has to go.
Go back to your MAGA CULT
You are right ..
But don't forget this pos non American Obama gave Iran hundreds of million of our dollars
Yes. But then why isn’t he saying “President Biden call for a cease fire”
I miss you so much, Sir. Thank you for staying with us and fighting for our country.
I don't miss this creep at all... He shouldn't even be on the stage. That man is pure from the pit of hell.
I JUST LOVE HIM SO MUCH!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ SUCH KINDNESS EVEN WHEN HE DISAGREES WITH YOU.
he is a 7 times warcriminal ... so what is to "love" about this a...ole
Guess you missed the part where he paid Iran our tax dollars this funding the terrorists?
Nice to listen to sane people for a change.
As the world is heating up for war there is only one question I've been asking myself..."who would you rather have as President to navigate us through all these minefields?" Biden of course.
Well considering this guy is a Muslim who can quote the Quran front to back and speaks fluent Arabic it's not really a surprise that he lied about being a Christian. And what's even more noticeable is that he's not wearing his wedding ring
@@twylah9047 Your funny
@@twylah9047why would you care about Obama's religion? It's all just made up nonsense.
@@twylah9047Christian is an overrated word,like the Christian Taliban (same thing) ⚛️ 🛑 JUDGING PEOPLE!!
@@twylah9047ohhh poor baby.
I’ll never forget election night in Grant Park in 2008. Can’t believe it’s been 15 years already. We got 8 good years and were blissfully unaware of the horrors the GOP would unleash on the country (and on the world, really) 8 years later.
Get a reality check when the country starting going downhill. When Biden got elected......
Oh, my goodness, you're right, we had absolutely no idea what we we're facing after President Obama. I knew we were in for a let down with Trump, but had no idea how much of a let down.
We need to wake up from our current nightmare; I'm scared. Truly
Obama betrayed us.
Wtf are you talking about?? Obama years were BS and they continue now
No, we are not ALL complicit. I have read history and it’s missing the reality that the perspective or the amount or capacity of being able to care for one another is not equivalent among people. We have eternity to evolve but our lives are short. Power is abused and the games power players play are rapacious, brutal and keep the game winners winning and void of sharing. It takes a long time to have a majority of hearts that are full of love, speak the truth and strive for balance for a whole planet.
God, I miss Obama ♥
I've always said he showed us who he worked for every speech he gave with the Islamic prayer flag behind him instead of the American flag. Swish tail Barry boy will never be back.
You’re just not use to people thinking before they speak, apparently.
President Obama. I love this man.
Good God Almighty ... Whats to love about this creep. One of the worst presidents ever to grace the WH ... a surprise to anyone? We know who his pastor was for 20 yrs. You don't stay in a church for two decades when you disagree with its leader.
Me too. I love his whole family including his considerate mother-in-law !
You have so much Humor. People like your speech, it s nice to Listen to you
25:26 "If you want to change this, then you have got to learn how to speak to somebody on the other side and listen to them, and understand what they are talking about, and not dismiss it." I so agree with Obama. We need to look each other in the eye and talk to each other - even if we disagree.
For anyone looking for the timestamp when they start pivoting the discussion to Gaza, go to 15:07
wow ! great interview !
Thanks!
GM edagdwg God blessed this special man with a forever gift to share help people enjoy life Linda j, peace
Wow, wow, wow ... just what I (and your country) need at this moment, a thoughtful and healing dose of Obama! No ranting, no focusing on the handful of ugly egoists who are whipping up all the worst feelings and fears in the population. Just a calm and inspiring guide to a better way of going forward - TOGETHER! That's a leader!
👏👏🥹👍💙💙🇺🇲✨
So wise, positive,calming,grounding, thought provoking, empowering, and inspiring. An honest and messy breath of fresh air!
When war is in the air....they know how to be salesman
I can not stand listening to the lying criminal defendant. Obama’s intelligence and kindness heals my brain and soul. How did we get where we are right now? VOTE blue and make this nightmare end.
Obama is a grifter
@@DeannaMcMahon-er6mbHell no,…. Inflation is what you blue fools brought. Not to mention war,…. And open border. Trump 2024.
Didn't Obama kill innocent people including Americans?
Love to listen to Barack Obama he has such a powerful voice and knowledge
only 16 mins and these questions are great! They are thinking and feeling while forming them and it kinda gives Obama the atmosphere to answer in the same fashion.
one thing Obama didn´t include are the people he was able to reach around the world. As horrible it is to know that someone like Trump was able to stomp on hopes ... Obama gave the world a sign of sanity and hope. Thankful greetings from europe
He is a liar a fake
All of us deserve a bro shake and a ‘love ya’ from Obama. Thanks Obama.
He can shove his handshake up islamonazi a.s.
Seriously. If I could just chat with him for a few hours and have dinner with him and Michelle and soak up like.. good parent, good people vibes.
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Obama, has done a lot of damage and continues through this administration. This traitor have been an enemy to justice...Israel...and Jewish people and decency." "I was fooled by him and his snake oil - I will never be fooled again.
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I LOVE, LOVE this guy❤
It’s 2:30 am, can’t sleep, and somehow I watch this entire video. I didn’t agree with all of his policies, but my God I miss the days when America was led by someone with class, dignity, vision, and wisdom.
With age comes wisdom, knowledge! Young ones are still learning. I’m voting for the old, knowledgeable man! 😊
I'm voting for old, wise, common sense, thoughtful, compassionate humanitarian Joe Biden.
Me too.
@@ronaldacarlson211Even if he’s blind, deaf and in a wheelchair, he’s getting my vote 💙💙💙💙
@@ronaldacarlson211you're voting for Palestinian genocide
yeah, well they also become very out of touch with the changing times, are not as sharp, and continue with failed policies. That's one reason it takes so long for laws to catch up with the people. i think we need some young blood at the helm.
I might not have agreed with him on everything but boy do I miss him always being smart , classy , and America not having all this drama everyday all day.
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I'd like to point out that the drama today is not from current government officials. It's carryover drama.
President Obama did make America great 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
We missed you so much.Thank you for your service!
You have a good heart for all people around the world. But Not for the bad ones. THIS IS IT
Obama is so special. Wish we could have another 8 years. Everything would be so different .
He just finished his 3rd term .
Biden continues Obama's disastrous policies.
As Ovomit ages, the physical veneer on Obama wears thin and shows how bitter he has always been. A true fake and phony guy. Snake oil salesman. The antichrist with out question. We need to research our candidates and what they stand for, and follow their voting records and discern whom they really represent?
Michelle wasn’t haven’t that.
@@user-fw2tw9fn7owhy speak knowing you're a fool?😂
I disagreed with a LOT that he did, but by far the greatest president of the last 80 years. I miss just having a president that made it so I don't have to think about politics more than once every few years, no fear, just living life. Was proud to serve and be honorably discharged from the Army with his signature.
Hey, I'm genuinely curious. What sort of things he did that made you disagreed a lot with him? I'm trying to understand more of others' pov on his politics :)
what did you disagree with?
@ivonr44 appreciate the question, lol it's making me have to think: Good things he did were Affordable Care Act, which was/is far from perfect but was a small step in the right direction. As a doctor who grew up without Healthcare, it's wildly important to get more people covered. He did a lot of pardons for low level crimes/time served and helped with a bit of prison reform. And solidified the Paris Climate Accord. And he brought us out of the great recession, which was brought on by subprime lending and mortgage crisis which overwhelmingly hurt people of color who historically have been restricted from buying property (which accounts for the majority or the wealth gap between white and black families). Increased training for teachers. All small steps in the right direction. He ended the isolation of cuba, which was dumb anyway. We as a country always try to fuck over any country that tries socialism or communism, then point to how bad socialism and communism are lol. After MERS Outbreak(another coronavirus), which was scary AF, not only did he handle it really well (or at least accepted that it was a real thing) he put more funding into the pandemic response team which monitors global trends in viruses, bacteria, protozoa and their genetic drift in case a shift happens as did with both SARS COV1 and COV2, and MERS. Which led him to have more solid strategies when Ebola landed in the US, which would have likely beed devastating if not for the response teams. The same ones that warned trump when he took office that something was incoming, and he responded by defunding them amd essentially gutting the program. Obviously was president when we killed Osama Bin Laden.. but then we also trained Osama Bin Laden also lol so. . For the bad: he very obviously still worked for wall street, he approved MASSIVE cuts to social security in the back of the house: in the 40s there were 41 employees per person receiving social security, and were now on track to have only 2. His hands off approach to civil war in Syria (part of it was Iram Deal) very likely led to another massive refugee crisis, but I don't necessarily know which would have been preferred personally. He didn't keep up with cyber threats of places like Russia, which are so powerful today likely because of funds going elsewhere. He promised to be super transparent, but wasn't, and was easily the mist antagonistic to the media since Nixon (but trump made him look amazing by comparison). He was REALLY shit with Netanyahu and allowed us not only to sit and watch the 50 year + humanitarian crisis that was happening in Gaza and West Bank, but actually funded Israel in their objectively criminal oppression of the Palestinians in these areas (that were Palestinian land since the time of the Romans). He appointed James Comey to head the FBI which has good and bad, but really there were better people for the job, but for some reason democratic presidents have some unspoken rule to always have a republican FBI director. He was VERY weak on banks/banking and let them steamroll him. By his time the GOP had already become essentially just a party of obstructionists and he continued to try and reach across the aisle and work with people who just fucked him over and stabbed Americans in the back repeadly (same as they do now, but they were a lot sneakier then). Was NOT very tough on funding investigations of very obvious gerrymandering and other forms of voters suppression. It is getting looked at and fixed now, but essentially entire districts of black and brown voters get chopped up into 15 parts and each one added to a white rural district to water down areas they know would certainly not vote GOP lol. That's why GOP has the representative numbers they do despite being very firmly in the minority in all but a few states. Lots of other voters suppression shit, same as we see now, it was just a lot sneakier. Now they straight up give the game away: young people 18-24 overwhelmingly vote Democrat, well let's raise the voting age to 25. College educated, and students vote democrat, let's remove all voting places near colleges and universities. Just flagrant very obvious bullshit, they used to be better lol. But you have to wonder how much of him being cordial and trying to be a team player was the result of him being the first black president. He used drones to kill SOOO many people and I would argue a lot of it was war criminal territory. His border policy was near criminal as well, and many would call it a humanitarian problem as well. Obama and Biden had all the cages and facilities built that trump used to do all of HIS shit at the border. I'm not saying there IS a good answer available for the southern border, but separating families, trying children alone with no representation, leaving them in prison camps for months, is a no go. But a wall is a retarded 4th grader answer to the issue. Admittedly Biden has improved the border issue, despite what the news would tell you. Crime is also at record lows, other than firearm violence, and hate crime. And fentanyl isn't coming over the border the way the news would like people to believe either lol. I was active duty army for his whole presidency, and wasn't really worried about him doing anything super dumb, but he did kill a lot of innocent people. Repeal of don't ask don't tell was a double edge sword as I can attest to as my wife and I knew a lot of gay people in the army. It was in some ways a huge win for gay rights, and you could be openly gay in the military. But for the actual gay people in the military it was quite scary, because it didn't end the bigotry and hatred with the repeal of the law. Before that you were straight up NOT allowed to ask somebody about their sexual orientation, and they didn't have to tell anyone. But overnight the joy of the moment got scary as people realized they weren't protected from being asked and a lot of hatred and violence occurred. I'm sure there are a lot of things I am forgetting. If you ask Fox News they'll say the worst things he did was: wore a tan suit once (Reagan did as well but they have selective memory), he wore short sleeves in the oval office once!!! And one time he DARED to ask for Dijon mustard on a hamburger! How dare he ask for "fancy mustard!?" He should eat american yellow like the rest of us!!!
@user-pq2nv7lt8n there were a lot of humanitarian things he either took a hands off approach to, or in some cases helped fund. Lots of drone strikes, innocent deaths. He took a hands off approach to a lot of things, but I think a lot of that had to have been the pressure of being the first black president and not wanting to rock the boat. Don't ask don't tell was a mix bag. A lot of little things: he was really weak on banking and wall street. There's a few more things I'm sure I'll remember as soon as I hit send lom
@@rickypen thank you for taking the time to explain your views! Appreciate it. Love the last part too. How controversial the tan suit and Dijon mustard were lol