Has the art of the dick joke received a presidential upgrade?
In case you missed it, two-time POTUS Barack Obama made a special appearance during the second day of the Democratic National Convention, resulting in an expectedly rousing speech. As Obama explained to those in attendance and voters watching at home, the upcoming presidential election, which sees Kamala Harris facing Donald Trump, "will be a fight." Our current moment, Obama said, is defined by questions about what kind of future we want as a people.
"One thing is for certain, Donald Trump is not losing sleep over that question," Obama said Tuesday night. "Here’s a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago. It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that’s actually been getting worse now that he’s afraid of losing to Kamala. There’s the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes. It just goes on and on and on."
While dropping the "weird obsession with crowd sizes" observation, notably, Obama made sure to tuck in a hand gesture that strongly suggested a dig of a more phallic nature. From there, he highlighted a recent comparison he says he heard in which Trump was likened to a pesky neighbor "who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window" at a constant clip.
"From a neighbor, that’s exhausting; from a president, it’s just dangerous," Obama said.
Naturally, few could resist pulling the presumed dick joke from Tuesday night's proceedings and joyfully running with it on X and beyond. See for yourself below, and/or partake as you see fit.
Obama, of course, has long been vocal about his disdain for what Trump represents. In a 2020 interview with Speedy Morman for Complex’s 360, he spoke at length about the then-outgoing POTUS, noting that he’s "less interested in figuring out the psychology of what a Donald Trump is" than he is in holding elected leaders at large accountable.
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