Trump's Obama envy is getting even worse

[CatWoman]

Is it my imagination, or is President Trump’s chronic and debilitating case of Obama envy getting worse?

One of the things that genuinely seems to matter to Trump is comparing himself — favorably, of course — with his predecessor, no matter how delusional the rationale. Trump gave an illustration at the end of the Group of Seven summit when he insisted to reporters that former president Barack Obama had been “outsmarted” by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump’s full-blown Putin envy was also on display. But the president’s false and absurd rewriting of history seemed intended less to elevate the Russian leader than to diminish Obama. It fit a pattern that goes back years — and may have more to do with Trump’s behavior in office than we realize.

Trump is so fixated on trying to erase Obama’s accomplishments that he repeatedly acts against his own interests. He withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated by the Obama administration, even though the pact would have been a valuable tool in Trump’s ongoing trade war against China. Trump has tried repeatedly to repeal the Affordable Care Act — apparently because it’s called Obamacare — even though he offers nothing to replace it and must be aware that the health-care issue helped Democrats regain control of the House in last year’s midterm elections. Trump rages on Twitter against automakers who have agreed to essentially abide by Obama administration rules mandating increased fuel economy, even though the Trump administration is prepared to let them pollute more.

Trump even complains about the lucrative book deal Obama made after leaving the White House. Jealous much?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-obama-envy-is-getting-even-worse/2019/08/26/5dadc7d0-c83a-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html

[edbermac]

1. I think Freud wrote something about that.

[CatWoman]

2. lol

gotta save this gif

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. I wonder if Freud would diagnose small-handed tRump as having Penis Envy. . . . nt

[mountain grammy]

10. My first cup of coffee

[Scarsdale]

3. tRump will NEVER even come close

to being respected the way President Obama is on the world stage. tRump is a clown. He pretends to be rich, has a former "escort" for a wife introduced to him by Epstein!! His "kids" all have to work for him, because they are unqualified for REAL jobs. His cabinet consists of wife abusers and drunks (Kudlow and others) Former associates HATE his guts, mock him. High society in NY shunned him, saw him for what he is, a FAKE. He is getting fatter by the day, guzzling diet soda and fast food. He has zero "class" His grandpa was a brothel owner and pimp, expelled from Germany for refusing to join the military. Unfortunately, he does not even have the intelligence to rise above his family failures. He just digs in and wants everyone to admire him, when he has zero admirable qualities. Nor do the people surrounding him. They are willing to let this country fail into "shithole country" status and for what? Large paychecks? Despicable people obviously all attract others like themselves. tRump has not even figured out that having Putin fix the votes so he got into the WH, does not mean instant respect. The respect is for the office, and the person holding the office has to EARN respect.

[FM123]

4. Yep, not just his envy. His everything is just getting worse and worse every day....

[crazytown]

5. Envy? Really?

[gordianot]

6. I suspect given the world hates Trump subtle pro Obama comments are dropped.

It doesn’t take much to bully the bully and it is great fun.

All it would take “Give my regards to the Obama’s”.

[NNadir]

8. He's a lifelong racist. He hates that an African-American is...

...his moral, intellectual, and historical superior.

Since he has a puerile personality, he responds with a destructive tantrum.

[dalton99a]

9. He knows he's unfit to shine Obama's shoes.