Obama says U.S. may be ‘worse off’ now than before Iran war

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/obama-us-may-worse-now-iran-war-rcna350733

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redlemace@lemmy.world · 97 pts · 71d (6 replies)

may be

You sure have not lost your sense of humor .... "may be" ... Funny guy

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 71d (1 reply)

He's being polite, I guess?

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d

I really want to know why this former President who doesn't need to, is holding back his tongue so much.

Signtist@bookwyr.me · 4 pts · 71d (1 reply)

Reports say your bank account may be emptier after blowing all your money at the strip club.

lemmyseikai@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 71d

Reports say your nuts may be bluer after visiting a strip club.

YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 71d

He's incredibly wealthy so to him nothing much has changed so he's unsure.

Stupidmanager@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 70d

Plausible deniability. If he’s wrong he can say nothing, if he’s right he can say “I said it here”.

The guy as president was the first step in the right direction of killing off everything we see today in the USA. But no, evil won and he just gives minimal shits and sound bites.

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 72 pts · 71d (8 replies)

It was a small smouldering fire on the kitchen stove before Trump .... now the entire kitchen is on fire ... but everyone is sitting in the living room trying to ignore the smoke that's filling up the rest of the house.

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 60 pts · 71d

While your dementia riddled grandpa keeps repeating that the house has never been better, the kitchen is spotless clean, and that a delicious dinner will be coming out any second now

myster0n@feddit.nl · 28 pts · 71d (4 replies)

Aurora borealis

Denvil@piefed.world · 17 pts · 71d (2 replies)

...may I see it?

Bahnd@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 71d (1 reply)

No.

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 71d

America, the house is on fire!

Major_Tsiom@fedia.io · 3 pts · 71d

Can't wait for them steamed hams!

Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 71d

The fire was a distraction while he sold off everything inside.

Landless2029@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 71d

Well you know how much they love oil...

:sees them toss oil on the fire:

teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 58 pts · 71d (3 replies)

Greenland is now asking Trump to invade, hoping to secure a deal similar to the one Iran got.

radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 71d
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Zron@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 71d (1 reply)

I would also take a hard pounding if I got 300 billion dollars out of it.

D_C@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 71d

I'd take a hard pounding for a burrito and a bottle of nice beer...

Just kidding, you'll not need the burrito and beer.

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 46 pts · 71d (4 replies)

Thanks Obama

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 71d (2 replies)

I see what you did there, lol

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 71d (1 reply)

I couldn't not

Magnum@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 71d

Yes we can!

Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 71d

It applies this time. No shit dipshit we know we are worse off. The only people who don't think we are worse off are magats.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 71d

We were worse off before the Iran war...

But we're even worse off now

pjwestin@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 71d (2 replies)

Just like we were worse off after the Iraq War. And the Afghanistan War. And the Vietnam War. And the Korean War. Starting to wonder who these are for.

4grams@awful.systems · 14 pts · 71d (1 reply)

Shareholder value.

pjwestin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 71d

Oh right. How could I forget.

anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 71d

Thank you captain obvious.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 71d

Thank you captain obvious

buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 71d

No shit 😒🫩

dhork@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 71d

Thanks, Obama!

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 71d

May be?

Donnie dumbass ruins everything.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 71d

Of fucking course we are

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 70d

Water may be wet.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 14 pts · 71d (4 replies)

I'd love to hear what he has to say in private.

_chris@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 71d (1 reply)

Yeah I wish we had leaders who would take a stand in public. All of this measured disapproval is just enabling more Nazis.

plutopos@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 71d

He can't even be re-elected anymore, he doesn't need to watch his tone or anything. But maybe he wants to look all classy and detached lol

Alienmonkey@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 71d

these clown faced chucklefucks are going to diddle this place so sideways we'll be lucky to make it back to the stone age

Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 71d

Obama was the last pres to even talk with him at social events.

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 71d (2 replies)

"may be"? 🤔

Paddzr@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 71d (1 reply)

Being classy, as always. Quite refreshing now days!

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 71d

I miss the days when our president was a statesman and not a conman

Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 70d

No shit, Sherlock!

yakko@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 71d (3 replies)

Why does Obama look like Biden lmao

frongt@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 71d (2 replies)

Shit and he's really only 64? The presidency really does age you

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 71d (1 reply)

He’s going to be 66 in august, but that doesn’t diminish your point at all. It’s still wild to see how much older he looked after the presidency than before.

plutopos@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 71d

He went from looking like a teenager to a mysterious and morally ambiguous character in a sci-fi story

Jerb322@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 71d

Yarp, what was it? $500 billion, worse! And I'm probably going to have to pay for my colonoscopy coming up.

GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 70d

I’m sure democrat former president and current string puller Obama is completely unbiased in his assessment.

Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d (1 reply)

considering our oil reserves are depleted, i'd agree with that

FatVegan@leminal.space · 0 pts · 70d

Yes, the fatties that run out of oil ia the real problem.

Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 70d

its been a downward spiral for 250 years obama you were the best our generation got it's sad. all I got to say is don't ever trust the 'whiteman' the Indians were right if only we had listened.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · -2 pts · 71d

As a proud Obama hater I must regretfully announce that there's no way for me to shit on him regarding this matter. This is a sad day for humanity.

That aside, you think‽