That's the theory of Don Surber, anyway: Obama hates Trump, has done so for at least 20 years, and is determined to finish off the Trump Era in '28.
Here's an outstanding insight from his column:
...The facts tell us that Obama’s jealousy of Trump reared its dainty head in 1991, some 20 years earlier when, along with Robert Fisher, Obama wrote, “[Americans have] a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend far beyond the issue of race in the American mind. The depth of this commitment may be summarily dismissed as the unfounded optimism of the average American—I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don’t make it, my children will. [But] those of us on the political left [often forget] the degree to which coalition and consensus-building among the American electorate has necessarily preceded any major federal program to reform or restructure America’s economic and political landscape.”
Obama rightly sees the problem as American optimism. And because he knows we won’t readily trade the American dream in for the nightmare of Sovietism, Obama is a full believer in incrementalism, which fully distilled is really hoping to impose rules on generations that you don’t have to live under....
The MSM is totally complicit in moving Obama's "fundamental change" agenda. That is why the MSM has done its damndest to quench that American optimism over the last 24 months. And they have lied like Hell in doing it.
Real wage increases are greater than inflation numbers. Americans are actually saving more money than ever before, not spending all they have on "unaffordable" whatevers. The price of housing is going down. The price of ethical drugs is going down. More Americans are working at jobs they want--thus less unemployment claims are being filed. Manufacturing jobs are up, and non-residential construction is way, way, way, up.
NONE of that is reported in the MSM. Not. One. Damn. Part.
You cannot hate the MSM enough.
ReplyDelete“The facts tell us that Obama’s jealousy of Trump”
Jealous of what? Trump bilking contractors, telling men it’s OK to grab women by the p—-, and payimg tribute to Israel?
1. "Real wage increases are greater than inflation numbers."
Inflation-adjusted (real) average hourly earnings fell sharply in 2021–2022 during peak inflation. Starting in mid-2023 through 2025/2026, real wages turned positive, outpacing CPI. However, total real wage gains have barely erased the cumulative purchasing power lost during the 2021–2022 inflation surge.
2. "Americans are actually saving more money than ever before..."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Personal Saving Rate hit an all-time high of ~32% in spring 2020 due to pandemic stimulus and reduced spending. It subsequently plummeted to historical lows (around 3.5%–5%). Americans are saving significantly less than historical averages, having spent down pandemic-era excess savings.
3. "The price of housing is going down."
U.S. home prices (Case-Shiller Home Price Index) hit all-time highs in 2024–2025. While price growth slowed and some regional markets saw modest corrections from peak levels, national home prices remain near record highs. Combined with elevated mortgage rates, housing affordability is at multi-decade lows. Rent inflation has moderated, but rents remain well above pre-2021 levels.