and this is the "well trump is an asshole so its ok" excuse. I am talking about past presidents. george bush was dignified in retirement and never trashed obama (i know, its because obama was awesome!). when trump retires, he should do the same (i doubt he will). but you are basically saying because trump is an asshole, its ok for obama to be an asshole. but trump being an asshole is bad, but obama being an asshole is good. makes sense.
i am no trump fan and he definitely needs to learn to keep his mouth shut at times. perhaps if obama were a little more silent he would be. doubtful though. still, any former president, regardless of party needs to let his successor lead without trying to undermine him. this was more than a picture, it was obama sticking himself into a situation he should have gracefully bowed out of. but we all know, obama cant help himself when he has a photo op with celebrities. i guess the difference is trump was a celebrity who became a president and obama became a president in order to become a celebrity
You can't just make up a problem, act like it's legit, and expect me to go along with it as if it were actually legit.
"Well Trump is an asshole so its ok", what is ok? For a former president to take a picture with a sports team that asked him to take a picture with them? THAT is a problem?
Obama taking a picture with them is akin to TRASHING Trump? This is Obama being an asshole to Trump? Are you serious?
lol I swear, I am baffled as to how the right constantly calls liberals "snowflakes", and then complain about absoutley nothing shit like this.
No grown ass man should care about this. Obama likes basketball, basketball players like Obama---they took a picture together---how the hell do you people make it into a bigger deal than that?
lol Your last line is just so dumb, and I'm not even trying to get into a namecalling match with you, but holy fuck, the world that you live in if you actually think that Obama is some kind of media whore. When people like you, they are going to want to take pictures with you--why is this shocking?
He has done NOTHING to "undermine" Trump. He isn't on Twitter, or going on TV trying to fight Trump from undoing 'Obamacare', he isn't on CNN making comments about the government shutdown, or Trump's general idiocy.
And why the hell should a former leader be silent when the current leader is doing stupid shit? Bush didn't have to open his mouth, because Obama wasn't doing and saying anything crazy. And after the financial crash, bailouts, wars in the Middle East that he left---there was NOTHING Bush could have said anyways.
You could disagree on policies with a president, but that's diferent from disrespecting the office of the presidency. If you are undermining the office and the country, ANY and EVERY American should be calling you out on it. That's called being an American before being a Republican or Democrat.