The Daily Populous Thursday August 22nd, 2024 day edition
Authored by huffpost.com and submitted by Undoctrine

Donald Trump seems to be having a little trouble processing the brutal takedowns both Barack Obama and Michelle Obama dealt him Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.

The former Democratic president mocked Trump’s obsession with crowd sizes and made a gesture suggesting the Republican was concerned with the size of other things as well.

Meanwhile, the former first lady shaded Trump by asking the crowd, “Who’s gonna tell [Trump] that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?”

During a rally on Wednesday in Asheboro, North Carolina, Trump, seeming a tad miffed, asked his supporters if they had watched the Obamas’ speeches.

“Did you see Barack Hussein Obama last night? Taking little shots, he was taking shots at your president. And so is Michelle,” Trump complained.

“They always say, sure, please stick to policy, don’t get personal,” he continued, apparently referencing fellow Republicans who want Trump to dial back personal insults on the campaign trail. “And yet they’re getting personal all night long, these people. Do I still have to stick to policy?”

Trump: Did you see Barack Hussein Obama last night? He was taking shots at your president. And so is Michelle. They always say, please stick to policy, don't get personal. Yet they are getting personal all night long, these people. Do I still have to stick to policy? pic.twitter.com/sEJHgUOWtf — Acyn (@Acyn) August 21, 2024

Trump also “polled” his fans about whether he should make personal attacks on Obama, derisively including the former president’s middle name, Hussein, as a xenophobic dog whistle to his base.

Trump does a "free poll" with his fans about whether he should make personal attack on "Barack Hussein Obama." They overwhelmingly want him to. Trump then pivots to talking about how he could've thrown Hillary Clinton in jail.

This is supposed to be a national security speech pic.twitter.com/1xh16ccNJe — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 21, 2024

Trump also admitted that he is still looking for a super-insulting way to refer to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, but conceded, “I really didn’t find one with her.”

"I really didn't find one with her" -- Trump admits that he's struggling to come up with an insult for Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/533Lvuua1k — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 21, 2024

Trump had actually praised the Obamas on CNN just a few hours prior to their speeches.

“I like him, I think he’s a nice gentleman,” Trump said of the former president, whose U.S. citizenship he baselessly questioned for years. He later said, “I respect him, and I respect his wife.”

Folks on X, formerly Twitter, enjoyed seeing Trump so “salty” after the Obamas’ remarks.

"Your president"? Obama was attacking Biden? I must've missed that part. Or Donald's bestbrain is glitching again. — Autarkh (@Autarkh) August 21, 2024

He dishes it out but can't take it. — WarMonitor 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@TheWarMonitor) August 21, 2024

He's so salty and I love it. 🤣 — Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) August 21, 2024

“I’ve always kept my criticisms of Obama to policy, like when I emphasize and disparage his foreign-sounding middle name or questioned his citizenship.” — Smitallica (@smitallica) August 21, 2024

This is how you know how good @BarackObama's and @MichelleObama's speeches were. They got under his thin orange skin. pic.twitter.com/B0GQM2baEl — 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢 (@ChidiNwatu) August 21, 2024

He’ll never be as liked as Obama and he’s never gonna get over that — ZubacSZN (@213clipset) August 21, 2024

I believe he’s putting the cart before the horse. People react to a nonstop barrage against them. DJT I’m sure will continue to behave as he always has. Those people who advised him to stick to policy are telling him his habit of painting America ugly is hurting his support. — Armand Hamouth (@AreMond2) August 21, 2024

With all the energy and excitement from the DNC in mind, Trump appears more boring than ever, if that's possible. — Laura Michelle (@8k_rmz) August 21, 2024

Some people were amused by Trump’s suggestion he is capable of sticking to policy.

In what parallel universe did Trump ever stick to policy? — Milenka~ (@MilenaAmit) August 21, 2024

What policies? He talks about Hannibal Lecter and getting electrocuted and eaten by sharks. Maybe he can talk about the promises he made and broke, like building a wall or creating a new healthcare plan or improving infrastructure. — Space Cat 🐈🚀 (@raderje) August 21, 2024

No need to worry about policy.... Focus on the size of your hands instead. — Andy's Not Going Back 🇺🇸 (@mountainmoon95) August 21, 2024

One person predicted Trump would make things worse for himself by going after the Obamas.

PoppinKREAM on August 22nd, 2024 at 01:00 UTC »

The triple entendre of Obama's subtle hand gestures masterfully described Trump's weird obsession with crowd sizes, awkward hand gestures, and an implication about his genitals.

It's the fact that Trump was convicted for illegally paying off an adult film actress. Trump had intercourse with an adult film actress after his wife gave birth to his newborn son.[1] Then he illegally paid her off during the 2016 election, which is why his personal attorney Michael Cohen ended up in prison. Trump was recently convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to the illegal hush money scheme.[2]

A few years after the election Stormy Daniels wrote a book describing the former president's genitals.[3]

> She describes Trump's penis as "smaller than average" but "not freakishly small."

> "He knows he has an unusual penis," Daniels writes. "It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool..."

> "I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart...

> "It may have been the least impressive sex I'd ever had, but clearly, he didn't share that opinion."

According to Trump's former White House Press Secretary and Melania's Chief of Staff, Trump had a meltdown about Stormy Daniel's tell all book. Trump defended the size of his penis in a call with Stephanie Grisham.[4]

> Trump behaved inappropriately with Grisham, too, she wrote — once calling her from Air Force One to assure her that his penis was not small or toadstool-shaped, as the porn star Stormy Daniels had alleged.

1) BBC - Who is Stormy Daniels, and what happened with Donald Trump?

2) Fox News - Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial

3) Esquire - Stormy Daniels's Detailed Description of Donald Trump's Penis Explains a Lot

4) Vanity Fair - Trump Once Defended the Size and Shape of His Penis to a Senior Staffer, Because He Considered That a Normal Thing to Do

KapahuluBiz on August 22nd, 2024 at 00:59 UTC »

> Trump had actually praised the Obamas on CNN just a few hours prior to their speeches.

> “I like him, I think he’s a nice gentleman,” Trump said of the former president, whose U.S. citizenship he baselessly questioned for years. He later said, “I respect him, and I respect his wife.”

Lol, this dumb-fuck probably thought if he said something nice about the Obamas, they wouldn't say bad things about him. This is typical bully behavior. They'll harass someone and make them a target, but as soon as their target is in the position to possibly hurt them, they kiss up to them. It's cowardly and stupid, which are areas where Trump excels.

ResidentKelpien on August 22nd, 2024 at 00:47 UTC »

From the article:

> “They always say, sure, please stick to policy, don’t get personal,” he continued, apparently referencing fellow Republicans who want Trump to dial back personal insults on the campaign trail. “And yet they’re getting personal all night long, these people. Do I still have to stick to policy?”

He has no policy.

His Fellow Republicans are jerks for pretending that he does have policies.