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'Thin-skinned loser': Trump slammed over WH exhibit insulting Democratic presidents

President Donald Trump's exhibit of previous presidents at the West Wing of the White House now has a new addition — plaques that include negative commentary written in Trump's voice.

On Wednesday, USA TODAY White House correspondent Joey Garrison tweeted images from Trump's "Presidential Walk of Fame" that show new plaques under images of past Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Both plaques include a plethora of insults of both presidents that include Trump's signature style of oddly placed capital letters.

The plaque for Biden (which is under not a portrait of Biden but a photo of the presidential autopen) used Trump's denigrating moniker "Sleepy Joe Biden" and called him "the worst President in American History" who won the "most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States." The plaque further alleges that Biden "caused the highest Inflation ever recorded."

Under Obama's portrait, the plaque claims that the 44th president of the United States was "one of the most divisive political figures in American History" who "presided over a stagnant Economy." The plaque also claims that Obama "weaponized the IRS and Federal bureaucracies against his political opponents" and "presided over the creation of the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, the worst political scandal in American History."

Condemnation from social media was swift and immediate from both sides of the political aisle. American University alumnus Brian Thomas called the display "incredibly crass and low-class." Canadian communications consultant Greg MacEachern sarcastically described it as "very adult." Former CNN host John Harwood quipped: "The incumbent president is mentally ill."

"Staggering level of pettiness and grade-school immaturity," tweeted former Kentucky Republican state senator Whitney Westerfield. "Once again, right on brand from this President. Once again, a stain on the honor and dignity of the office of the presidency, and further driving the decline in our national civic decorum. A shame."

"What a bunch of children," observed Maryland-based sports commentator Paul Douglas. "The funny thing is all the insults and skits and bits will never fill the infinite chasm in Trump's soul. Twice elected the most powerful person on the planet and yet still the most insecure person in human history.

"It takes a special kind of thinned-skinned loser to drive stuff like this," tweeted tech and digital media lawyer Josh King.

"Handing the keys to the worst humans imaginable in this administration continues to humiliate," civil attorney Daniel Aguilar wrote.

'Then arrest him': Critics call Trump’s bluff over 'desperate' Obama deflection

Critics of President Donald Trump called out his attempt to deflect mounting controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files at a Tuesday Oval Office meeting with the president of the Philippines.

Following Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s claim that former president Barack Obama "manufactured" Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Trump told reporters Obama belongs in prison.

“But the leader of the gang was President Obama,” Trump told reporters after being asked about a question pertaining to the Epstein case. “Barack Hussein Obama. Ever hear of him? Except for the fact that he gets shielded by the press his entire life — he’s guilty. I like to say ‘let’s give it time’, but he’s guilty. This was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election.”

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“… [A]nd we have all of the documents, and from what Tulsi’s told me, she’s still got thousands of additional documents coming,” Trump added. “So, president Obama — it was his concept, but he got it, also, from Crooked Hillary Clinton. Crooked as a three-dollar bill.”

Online critics quickly disassembled Trump’s claim, but also noted how obviously it felt like a deflection.

“What a pathetic fool. Won't work, Donny,” wrote one commenter on X. “We want the Epstein files.”

“Then arrest him, p————, challenged PodSaveAmerica podcaster Jon Favreau.

Like Favreau, another social media critic demanded Trump make arrests if he was so sure of Obama’s guilt: “Why all the yappin’ and no arrestin’?” he wrote.

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Other critics noted the stunning awkwardness of a U.S. president struggling to pivot away from the Epstein conspiracy to an altogether different conspiracy that he admitted he prefers the media focus on.

“The President of the Philippines just sitting there as Trump goes on an eight-minute rant about Obama,” posted Bulwark writer Sam Stein.

“Desperate to get off the Epstein issue,” wrote another commenter, followed by another claiming, “Pure projection. From a 34x felon.”

“You know he's struggling when this is the best he can manage,” said still another commenter. “I'm so not looking forward to another six months of b——————— about Hillary's emails."

'River of slime': Jon Stewart destroys Trump over his reaction to Obamas’ speeches

After former First Couple Barack and Michelle Obama gave rousing speeches in support of Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention (DNC, former President Donald Trump offered muted praise of his predecessor. But comedian Jon Stewart isn't buying it.

The Obamas' speeches were full of jabs at Trump, with Michelle Obama ripping her husband's successor in the White House by saying his "narrow" worldview meant he was "threatened by the existence of two hardworking, highly educated, successful people who happen to be Black." She further added that the presidency could be "one of those Black jobs," in reference to a comment he made at the June presidential debate. Barack Obama mocked the 45th president's "weird obsession with crowd sizes," notably manipulating his hands in a manner similar to Trump, drawing laughter from the crowd of more than 20,000 DNC attendees.

In a Tuesday interview with CNN, Trump referred to the 44th president of the United States as a "nice gentleman," saying "I respect him and I respect his wife." But in the most recent episode of his podcast, Daily Show host and executive producer Jon Stewart called Trump's compliment "bulls—."

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On his podcast, The Weekly Show, Stewart railed Trump's remarks and reminded viewers of his past "disgusting treatment" of the First Family. He further opined that he could tell Michelle Obama in particular was still "wounded" by the "vile, conspiratorial, personal [and] disturbing" attacks from Trump and his movement during her husband's administration.

"Him saying it doesn't make it true. He was the leader of an absolute torrent and river of slime [toward the Obama family]. And I imagine for her, she thought, 'we've given our pound of flesh to this endeavor, and I don't want any part of that anymore,'" Stewart said.

Trump was famously the first major cultural figure to start promulgating the false "birther" claim that Barack Obama was not actually born in the United States (his birth certificate shows he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in August of 1961). As the New York Times reported in 2016, Trump still refused to walk back the lie for years despite the matter of Obama's birth being settled. At the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner, when Trump was in attendance, Obama singled him out for ridicule.

"There's a rumor floating around that I think could really hurt Mitt Romney. I heard he passed universal healthcare when he was governor of Massachusetts! Someone should get to the bottom of that. And I know just the guy to do it: Donald Trump! Now I know that he's taken some flack lately, but no one is happier — no one is prouder — to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald," Obama said. "And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"

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Michelle Obama's speech was considered the more high-profile event of Tuesday night, with pundits and commentators praising her speech even more than her husband's. This was likely due to the starkly more combative tone the former first lady took at the lectern, which was a departure from her old motto of "when they go low, we go high."

Thursday night marks the final night of the DNC, with numerous prominent members of Congress, U.S. senators and governors all taking the stage. Harris will be accepting the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination at the conclusion of the convention, making her the first woman of color to do so in American history.

Watch Stewart's comments below, or by clicking this link.



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