Rev. Al Sharpton pins down Trump’s ‘obsession’ with Obama
MS NOW’s Rev. Al Sharpton tore into Donald Trump over his “obsession” with former President Barack Obama, after the current president shared a meme of side-by-side photos of himself and his (first) predecessor on social media on Saturday. The images showed Trump at age 20 in his New York Military Academy uniform and a photo of an 18-year-old Obama taken during his time at Occidental College.
The post came just days after the Democrat told “All the Smoke” podcast co-host and former NBA player Matt Barnes that he occupied a “suite” in Trump’s head.
In Sharpton’s analysis, Obama brings out “insecurity” in Trump. “My thoughts are that President Trump cannot get over the fact that he had to succeed a man that clearly had more ability, background, a sense of presidential behavior and could handle pressure in a calm way,” he told MS NOW’s Alex Witt.
“[Obama] was better educated, better background in terms of coming from nothing and achieving something,” Sharpton continued. “And he’s Black.”
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Allison Detzel is an editor/producer for MS NOW. She was previously a segment producer for “AYMAN” and “The Mehdi Hasan Show.”
