{"id":2388477,"date":"2025-01-09T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-exposes-his-own-campaign-rhetoric-as-a-scam-in-warm-interaction-with-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:10:46","slug":"obama-exposes-his-own-campaign-rhetoric-as-a-scam-in-warm-interaction-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-exposes-his-own-campaign-rhetoric-as-a-scam-in-warm-interaction-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Exposes His Own Campaign Rhetoric as a &#8216;Scam&#8217; in Warm Interaction with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-exposes-his-own-campaign-rhetoric-as-a-scam-in-warm-interaction-with-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former \u2064President Barack obama recently engaged in a friendly exchange with former President Donald trump during the funeral of Jimmy Carter \u2064at\u2062 the \u2063National Cathedral in \u2062Washington, D.C. \u2063this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">unexpected interaction raised eyebrows<\/a> given the harsh rhetoric Obama used\u2062 against Trump during \u200cthe 2024 campaign, where he referred to \u2062Trump as a would-be dictator and compared him to Hitler. \u2063CNN reporters noted\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-addresses-sorcery-allegations-after-strange-occurrence-at-concert\/\" title=\"Taylor Swift Addresses &#039;Sorcery Allegations&#039; After Strange Occurrence at Concert\">light-hearted nature<\/a> of their \u200dconversation, \u200bcontrasting it with\u200d the serious accusations \u2064Obama had \u200cmade previously.<\/p>\n<p>During the campaign, Obama criticized Trump&#8217;s \u200bpast comments about wanting \u200bgenerals like\u200b Hitler\u2019s, advising voters\u2064 against such \u200crhetoric. \u2063However,the amicable\u200b interaction at the funeral \u2062suggests a \u2064disconnect between\u2064 the campaign&#8217;s heated language \u2063and personal \u200crelations that \u200chave \u2064developed over time. While observers expressed surprise \u200cat\u200c the cordiality, some on social media questioned\u2062 the authenticity of Obama\u2019s earlier comments, suggesting they \u200cwere \u2062merely political posturing. The \u2062incident \u200bhighlights the complex dynamics\u2064 of presidential\u200c relationships, \u200dnotably in the context of competitive politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that all the hot campaign rhetoric he directed at Republican Donald Trump last fall regarding him being a supposed would-be dictator, an admirer of Hitler, and the rest was just talk.<\/p>\n<p>Obama and Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-kamala-harris-looks-disgust-trump-obama-get-along-like-best-buddies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engaged in<\/a> several minutes of what appeared to be good-natured banter at the funeral for former President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-takes-shot-trump-remarks-jimmy-carters-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jimmy Carter<\/a> at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The 39th president died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins noted the friendly exchange between Obama and Trump, during which both smiled and laughed. &ldquo;These are just moments that you do not see, hardly ever,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Zeleny, the network&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-jeff-zeleny-i-have-never-seen-a-president-so-protected-by-aides-from-questions\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019s Jeff Zeleny: \u2018I Have Never Seen A President\u2019 So \u2018Protected By\u2019 Aides From Questions\">chief national affairs correspondent<\/a>, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It truly is extraordinary,&rdquo; he said, but he pointed out, &ldquo;If you look from these presidencies, they are linked from one to another to another.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;NEW: Trump is seen talking with Barack Obama at Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s state funeral.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are just moments that that you don&rsquo;t see, hardly ever.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SscWr8NCAP\">pic.twitter.com\/SscWr8NCAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1877370609656590588?\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Western Lensman&rsquo;s account on social media platform X posted a side-by-side of Obama&rsquo;s campaign rhetoric toward Trump back in October at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-joins-al-gore-exclusive-club-forced-certify-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> rally in Georgia versus the friendly exchange the two had on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;General John Kelly, Donald Trump&rsquo;s former chief of staff, said that Trump told him that he wanted his generals to be like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/holocaust-survivor-slams-harris-last-ditch-ploy-know-hitler-kamala-will-ever-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hitler&rsquo;s generals<\/a>,&rdquo; Obama told the Georgia crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now I want to explain that in politics a good rule of thumb is don&rsquo;t say you want to do anything like Hitler,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It was always a scam<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kate Austin (@KateAus1976) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateAus1976\/status\/1877403559618122216?\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A user responded on X to Obama&rsquo;s past hot rhetoric toward Trump, &ldquo;It was always a scam.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/assliken\/status\/1877373380942275025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;Wow Obama is laughing with literal Hitler? Almost as if they never believed their own lies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Kyle Becker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1877416094899515813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a>, &ldquo;It really raises a lot of questions about the horrible things the Democratic Party was saying about Trump on the 2024 campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama was actually mirroring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-mocked-last-minute-desperation-play-turns-hitler-fearmongering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talking point<\/a> Harris was using during that same time period in late October.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president quoted Kelly &mdash; based on reporting from the far-left shill The Atlantic &mdash; as saying he believes Trump is someone who falls into the &ldquo;general definition of fascist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, the former president reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/general-john-kelly-fired-donald-trump-hitler-facist-1973656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> Kelly, or at the very least, the retired general left the White House after the relationship between the two men soured.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/broke-character-viewers-catch-telling-moment-obama-embarrasses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> posted a longer version of his Georgia rally remarks about Trump, writing on X, &ldquo;Just because Donald Trump acts goofy doesn&rsquo;t mean his presidency wouldn&rsquo;t be dangerous. And you don&rsquo;t have to take my word for it. Lately, some of the people who know Trump the best have been saying in no uncertain terms that he should not be president again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just because Donald Trump acts goofy doesn&rsquo;t mean his presidency wouldn&rsquo;t be dangerous. And you don&rsquo;t have to take my word for it. Lately, some of the people who know Trump the best have been saying in no uncertain terms that he should not be president again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fIaTKykSf5\">pic.twitter.com\/fIaTKykSf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1849626545700188313?\">October 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Obama warned the audience regarding Trump, &ldquo;Unlike the first time, he won&rsquo;t have people like John Kelly around to stop him. He&rsquo;ll be surrounded by people just as loony as he is, and who will let him do what he wants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do not need four years of a wannabe king, a wannabe dictator running around trying to punish his enemies,&rdquo; the 44th president argued.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of American voters &mdash; and apparently Trump himself &mdash; knew Obama was just spouting campaign rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s cordial exchange proved it so.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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At the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C., Obama and Trump shared what seemed to be lighthearted exchanges, smiling and laughing together. CNN&#8217;s Kaitlan Collins remarked on this rare friendly interaction, with Jeff Zeleny noting its extraordinary nature while highlighting the connections between their presidencies. A social media post contrasted Obama&#8217;s past comments about Trump with their amicable exchange at the funeral. During his campaign speech in Georgia, Obama had warned against comparing anyone to Hitler but now appeared relaxed with Trump. Some users on social media criticized Obama&#8217;s previous statements as insincere or misleading. Conservative commentator Kyle Becker raised questions about the negative portrayals of Trump by Democrats during the 2024 campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-and-Obama-banter.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48227,48228,5315,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2388477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-rhetoric","tag-civil-discourse","tag-obama","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-and-Obama-banter.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388481,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388477\/revisions\/2388481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}