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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:34 PM Tuesday

Trump's Attempt to Goad Navy Into Booing Obama Met With Awkward Silence

Donald Trump’s latest attempt at a crowd-pleasing jab backfired spectacularly when he tried to goad a crowd of Navy officers into booing “Barack Hussein Obama”—only to be met with stony silence.

Speaking roughly 45 minutes behind schedule at the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary celebration in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday, the president addressed rows of active-duty service members—many of them unpaid amid the ongoing government shutdown—under a blazing afternoon sun. The meandering, hour-long speech drifted between war stories, campaign-style quips, and personal boasts, but it was his attempt to drag Obama into the mix that most visibly flopped.

“A man that everybody loves, he was my doctor in the White House and I got to know him very well,” Trump began, referring to his former White House physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson. “He was also the doctor for Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him?”

He paused, waiting for a reaction. None came. The silence stretched on.

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Trump's Attempt to Goad Navy Into Booing Obama Met With Awkward Silence (Original Post) question everything Tuesday OP
It would be a hoot if the name 'Hussein' is an alternate form of the name Jesus. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #1
Jesus Hussain Christ, what an asshole..!! thomski64 Tuesday #2
Hussein means good or handsome MacKasey Tuesday #3
Um.... Rob H. Tuesday #4
"I love this guy!" This guy who will deny his professional oath so he can lie for me. Midnight Writer Tuesday #6
Kashyap Pramod Patel... have you heard of him? Blue Owl Tuesday #5
+1 dalton99a Tuesday #8
Mirror mirror on the wall... 0rganism Tuesday #7

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

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1. It would be a hoot if the name 'Hussein' is an alternate form of the name Jesus.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:43 PM
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Last edited Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Trump et al. might want to do a little historical research into names from that part of the world.

MacKasey

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3. Hussein means good or handsome
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:54 PM
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The name Hussein (also spelled Husayn, Hussain, or Hüseyin) is of Arabic origin and means "good" or "handsome". It is a diminutive form of the name Hasan and signifies a "little beauty" or "little good one". Historically, the name holds immense significance as it was the name of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who is deeply revered, especially in Shia Islam.

Rob H.

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4. Um....
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:56 PM
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“{Ronny "Candyman" Jackson} was a doctor for a man named Bush. And at a press conference they asked him, ‘Who’s in the best shape, who’s the healthiest, who’s the strongest, who’s the best physical specimen of {Bush, Obama, and me}?’” Trump said. The punchline: “That’s easy. President Donald Trump! And I said, ‘I love this guy!’”

The man who looks as if he probably has sausage gravy flowing through his veins wants you to believe that a doctor thinks he's in better shape than famously fit former President Obama. Does he own a single mirror?
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