Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are making their media rounds this week. It’s a lead-up to this Friday’s official opening of the Obama Presidential Center and Library in Chicago. Despite being everywhere for the last several years, the Obamas claim they are trying to enjoy a quiet life out of the spotlight. Well, they’re doing a horrible job at it. During an ingratiating interview on ABC’s Good Morning America, the former Oval Office occupant likened himself to the Father of the United States.
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In a fawning promo for the Obamas, GMA asks Barack how he finds a balance of staying quiet or speaking out post-presidency.
He says his initial goal was to emulate George Washington:
"I've done my done my stint, and now I'm going back home."
“What I've tried to do is move from player to coach."
This schtick is really something.
He’s ever-present on podcasts, network interviews, campaign trails and railing at every major Democrat event.
He can’t stand being out of the spotlight for five minutes, and it’s been like that for ten years.
Here’s GMA’s Robin Roberts interviewing the omnipresent Obamas. (WATCH)
In a fawning promo for the Obamas, GMA asks Barack how he finds a balance of staying quiet or speaking out post-presidency.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 17, 2026
He says his initial goal was to emulate George Washington: "I've done my done my stint, and now I'm going back home."
“What I've tried to do is move from… pic.twitter.com/eX0aUI2SAf
Emulate George Washington 😆😆😆😆😆💩💩💩💩💩
— Marcy 🇺🇸🌲⚓️🦅☦️ (@ync1994) June 17, 2026
By George, the man’s got an enormous ego.
Posters say Barack Obama has done anything but vanish from public view. That’s because President Donald Trump has been erasing his legacy.
For a political party so obsessed with “norms”, their hero completely shattered the heretofore understood norm of ex-POTUS’s quietly riding off into the sunset, away from the political fray.
Sadly, every time Obama does this, he just cements his underwhelming legacy of Chicago community organizer and activist who never came close to achieving his vast potential.
A more cynical view - with merit - is that Obama’s entire legacy is the rise of Donald Trump, beginning way back in 2011 where Obama famous mocked Trump at the WHCD dinner, continuing with how Obama’s hard left governance created the massive backlash that was Trump 1.0.
In any case, it’s as if Obama is desperately trying to re-write a legacy that is now long since forged.
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) June 17, 2026
Well said. He never had any intention whatsoever of “pulling a George Washington.”
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 17, 2026
Another myth he wants to conjure about himself that has zero basis in historical fact.
The constant idolization of the Obamas by Democrats and the legacy media is stomach-turning.
Commenters say it’s also exhausting.
When someone mentions Obama the first thing that always pops into my head is ‘George Washington’. 🙄
— Texas Boomer (@TheTexasBoomer) June 17, 2026
I’ve had post-presidency Obama fatigue since about March 2017.
The first thing that pops in my head is, “hey it’s that guy who’s spent the last 10 years trying to avoid being in the political spotlight”
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 17, 2026
We deserve a break.
Speaking of avoiding the spotlight, posters say that’s impossible when you’re a former First Lady who decides to launch your own podcast.
Michelle doing a podcast complaining about the spotlight has also been fun to watch.
— Steve (@UberSteve) June 17, 2026
Barack: “Michelle would really like a quieter life"
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 17, 2026
*Michelle does a podcast twice a week*
We’d appreciate a quiet Michelle Obama so we could better enjoy our lives.
Commenters say Barack Obama’s assertion he’s no longer a star on the field or court rings false when we know what he’s been up to for the last decade.
"What I've tried to do is move from player to coach" is an odd statement to make when he was all-in on orchestrating a false-flag op on the president-elect using the full force of the intelligence agencies and crooked private players.
— DP (@ActualDavidP) June 17, 2026
Same guy that tried to ensure the incoming president was undermined by an IC hoax
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 17, 2026
I must be high. Seriously, WTF
— Clyp Keeper (@DGrayTexas45) June 17, 2026
You’ll never be as high as the Obamas are on their own supply.
