Obama Tan Suit Controversy Explained

What are the three main essential attributes of a reliable U.S. president?

1. He should be fluent in English. No other languages are allowed.
2. He should be a HE.
3. He should be particular about what color suit he wears for what occasion.

A president should carry himself according to a color code– be it the color of his suit or his skin color. And the Democrats seem to be too inexperienced, naive, and tolerant to these serious matters.

First off, the Democrats completely misaligned America’s chakras when Barack Obama, a man of color, was elected as the president. The issues began at the preliminary stage itself. Between 2009 and 2017, America was not great and needed a formidable Republican President Like Donald Trump to make it great again (probably by distributing MAGA hats).

Democrats had to find contingency plans to cover all the inefficiencies of President Obama. He needed a separate PR, a makeup artist, a stylist, a hairdresser (would have preferred a Trump toupe), and a birth certificate to determine his citizenship. Obama has no sense of administering a presidency– he was embroiled in scandal after scandal. His audacity to double-fist bump his supporters was an embarrassment to the nation. What kind of behavior is that?

Here is a comprehensive MSNBC report by Chris Hayes on the different ways Obama has proved his incapability–

Under his presidency, Barack Obama humiliated America on a global level by introducing Obamacare. What kind of president pours money into health care and insurance instead of defense, ammunition, and war? And he was left with no budget to build a wall on the Mexican border– the utter incompetency is deplorable.

And he had the audacity to convince people in his campaign that he could recover America from the worst recession since 1930. Why would any man deliver such unrealistic promises?

But these were just the tip of the iceberg. Mr. Obama crossed all lines during a press conference in August 2014 when he was addressing the growing concern against ISIS. And instead of realizing the gravity of the situation, Obama decided to appear in…wait for it… a tan suit. The sheer audacity!

Preface: Now that I am done with the sarcasm and the spoof, here is the real tea–

When President Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference about the U.S. Military response to ISIS in Syria, the right-wing media criticized the president for the wrongful choice of suit. But their intention fell flat as it completely backfired. People started making jokes/memes about the unwarranted disapproval over a suit. Thus, August 28, 2014, marked the infamous joke about how the right-wing made a fuss over a suit. The jokes just wrote themselves, and almost a decade later, it couldn’t be more ridiculous than this.

Obama Tan Suit Controversy Explained

The ISIS crisis was surmounting by the hour. Its resurgence after the 2007 defeat seemed to be in more potency than expected. The U.S. had to devise a quick and effective response to the looming threat of possible terror attacks.

The U.S. counterattack began on August 7, 2014, with multiple airstrikes in Iraq. On August 28, President Obama announced a press conference to disclose the U.S. military’s next line of action. People tuned in with a patriotic sentiment.

However, Mr. Obama appeared in a rather unusual outfit. He donned a tan suit to address the press. It may not be a critical issue for us ordinary folks, but the right-wing media and politicians did not agree with the choice of color.

The Republican representative Peter King had a drastic reaction to the tan situation where he believed that color-coding a grave subject like terrorism with a tan suit was “unpresidential.” He said in an interview–

“There’s no way, I don’t think, any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday. I mean, you have the world watching.”

Meanwhile, Fox News reporters seemed to have a slow news cycle as they had nothing substantial for a segment. Instead, they went in-depth, discussing Obama’s Tan Suit and why it was such a shocking OOTD (outfit of the day).

Now, a decade later, this scandal is nothing but a massive political meme as the Democrats still joke about how serious the Republicans got about a suit. Even President Joe Biden took a dig at the situation by donning a tan suit.

Meanwhile, netizens pointed out how previous Republican presidents wore tan suits as well.

What is your take on the tan suit scandal? Can you smell the jealousy towards ex-president Obama?

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