During a virtual road trip on Google+, President Obama answered questions from people joining around the country. Including Rob in Portland who asked, "How are you?" Watch what President Obama had to say.
Well, a simple "How you doin'?" just doesn't cut it with someone you respect. And it's not often that a citizen from the crowd gets to talk to the leader of the country and they actually listen.
@@davidr4htc It was nice to have weeks or even months in which the president didn't feel the need to force himself into the news and generally treated other humans with respect rather than calling them childish names on twitter. It was also nice that the growth of economy in the last years of Obama's terms was higher than in the first three years of Trump's as well, but I generally believe that has less to do with the President than most people, assuming that it isn't caused by mishandling a major crisis.
@Gameminer obama is a friend who gave more debts to poor people by forcing them to pay hundreds for their medical care when they dont even need it. More americans end up on the street beacuse of this. Also the obama did make china great again ever since Clinton. Seems like the best president lmao
I know we Americans often use the question “how are you” more as a greeting and most often we answer that greeting with “Im good! How are you?” We Americans do care how you are but often acquaintances don’t want to take the time to really answer if it is not a close friend. On another note, Obama is all class, and makes me proud to be an American.
Mary Ellen Acosta - you're so right; I didn't stop to think of it in that way. "Hi-how-ya-doin'" is definitely a pretty standard form of greeting, haha! As you said, though, it's not that, as a group, we don't care about the answer. In my experience, once the greetings are over (if we know the person and have time to talk a little) and we get past the superficial level of conversation, we almost always circle back to finding out how each other is REALLY doing (because the initial answer is quite often, as you also noted, "I'm good, how are you?"" or "Great!" How about you?") Thanks for making me stop and think for a change :))
@John Smith Yeah but in a good way. Some people just have a way with body language, words and how to come across. I myself have the body language of a potato.
I talked to happiness experts, and they said, you know, they said to me "I don't know how you do it" They cant believe, you wouldn't believe how happy I am. Some people say I'm the happiest man ever, its true that's what they say, they're saying it! its true folks.
Norbert Kas Regardless of how smart he is, what is clear is that he is much smarter than you. He started in construction with 1 million dollar and built a 10 billion dollar company. Became the number 1 TV star for years, ran with a unique campaign for which no one gave him a chance and he became President in his first try. Under him no new wars unlike the last 2 and the economy was the best it had been in 40 years. Smart or not, he is smarter, richer and more successful than you and whole family will ever be.
edwin younes Trump has a degree from Wharton School of Business. You are so stupid. Yes he is educated, and was educated so in a much better school than generations of your family managed to attend. You can argue whether he is intelligent, but educated? Are you really that stupid and so low IQ to believe the media narrative and can’t rationally conclude Trump is educated? Again, whether he is smart or not, he is smarter than you and your entire family. If you were smarter than him you would be richer and more successful, but clearly you are typing these comments from your moms basement.
@@igo0di Man you must be a bot from Russia - absolutely insane! Trump is one of lowest forms of life, in fact he's better described as a Post Tortoise! Obama is in everyway the best statesman the world has seen in living memory - no comparison.
@@Liveforeever Literally everyone else in the world other than american right wing voters laugh at the guy but apparently that isn't enough to make people understand he is a joke.
@Adebowale Ghebo The drone strikes where not order personally by Obama, if u think that every screw up or every decision in a 2 million people government, comes from the president, then the fool is you, second, can u show the stats where u get ure info? like the 26k bombs, or the neo nazis in Ukraine? And third, as if Trump is much better by supporting Saudi Arabia, and yeah leaving the Kurds to die in the hands of ISIS, where he says HE won against Isis, but trully it was Iran and Syria who actually won that battle... Yeah man u seem to get ure info quite right, no wonder ure channel is one picture, and nothing else... Keep spreading lies man!
Adebowale Ghebo a person who is delusional and believes everything they read on the internet I legit hope you get a higher education because america is in need of educating morons like you sir have a great night and crawl back to your trump cave
@@MG-id9di The moment he started being racist I decided to stop replying, let him keep his vision of America, with the border wall that falls with the wind, the dream of "jobs" that never really came true, the over 16.000 lies his president has told his people over the course of 4 years, and the injustice he is living in... Let him be happy with all the crap thats going on, while everyone around his president is either going to jail, or just getting rich over his policies... People like that wont change.
not only americans. germany here. I never really knew that much about obama...just incidentally watched a few videos like this...and yeah..he was great.
Not only Americans every one misses him. I am from India and i miss him so dearly. i wish we have a prime minister like him. He is not only a good person but he was an excellent president as well. He is a people's person. May God bless him and his family 💞
3 things in Obama's response you'd never hear from Trump: - The buck stops with me - It is a _privilege_ to be president and serve this nation - I have dinner with my family every evening No wonder he's living rent-free in Trump's head.
The respect this man received is worldwide, I'm not American but I have the utmost respect for president Obama, internationally he is held with the utmost importance as one of the great figures in American politics, his respect his demur his honesty his humility is sadly lacking in America today,
I am also not american and therefor i chose to support your message, Philip. Trade is worldwide. If Americans want a decent living standard they will have to accept it`s a world in which we earn a buck. A country has the right to enforce and keep laws for itself. It`s too late for thinking you are never going to need material or knowledge from elsewhere to have, make and sell your products. A simple thing you`ld think like a mask and ventilator will remind them of it i hope. So....a Nation`s leader, especially of a country as big as the US needs a president that is viewed as one the world can deal with. I mean respect. Obama had it. In fact he still does. November is coming! Do the right thing. I am sure the world will say...it`s ok US. We`ll forget about it...let`s move on make the world great again by letting each other be different and celebrate it. I tried to be non Dutch here and not too blunt. Probably overdid it anyway. Blunt is culture here haha.
@@TheSer21 unfortunately America has been in so many conflicts over the last 100 years so to pinpoint this man is clearly inane, as he said himself the buck stops here,and that's the way the world wants to see it,what we dont need is a cartoon character who assassinates people who disagree with him via social media, I mean what has the world come to when a world leader irons out his criticism on a news channel, sometimes its really funny but the fact that the idiot in chief can change so many lives worldwide because he throws his soother out of the pram,because he can take criticism well for me he's in the wrong job.
@@TheSer21 And when you let that sink in, ask yourself how widespread the use of drones was under Bush? Now let that sink in. Bush of course killed a lot more people but that is beside the point. The point is that the war stages Obama was part of was not of his design, he did not institute some global crusade, he inherited that. Was he some kind of saint? Gosh no but in comparison he might as well have been :p The thing that amuses me the most about this is that you have people on the right saying he didn't act forcefully enough, that he did nothing etc. Then you have the same group saying he acted too forcefully killed too many people, did too much. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Heck, at least he tried harder at diplomacy than any president in recent times. Needless to say I respect the man and it's great to have the feeling that the president of the US could outsmart you a million times on a bad day rather than the reverse.
Federico Pieraccini it isn’t a contest, however, he nor his military probably would have never felt it necessary to drone civilians if Bush and crew didn’t get us into the unnecessary wars to begin with.
"No, no, no! It's Tony's fault! Jerry made me do it! Susan is lying! She is ugly. A horrible person! Perry, too! Perry is fake! Perrygate!" That is how true leadership works, ... obviously! A kid in kindergarten would deserve a spanking for acting this way...
Great question and my God I miss the decency this man brought to the office. President Obama wasn't perfect but he was a GREAT president who deserved the two terms he won and we were damn lucky to have him.
@@mkhululibhebe7828 He is not, not at all. He is a new world order agent who caused the death of millions of people and destroyed Middle-east, caused refugee crisis in Europe and pushed towards to taking away people's freedom. Horrible person.
"...I'm pretty lucky to be able to serve the American people in this way." Politics aside, THAT is what separates Obama from one-termers like Trump. The understanding that the president exists to serve rather than to be served, that the duties of the office are more important than the ego of the man.
@@biot7175 I respect your opinion. For me it's more about trust. I would rather have an ethically responsible person at the reins making the decisions.
honestly, it's not even 'one-termers'. it's just the fact that obama's doing everything that he can, while trump's doing what he can for himself. two very different things.
@@jettaeschroff6924 True. If Trump had made a genuine effort to be a little more presidential and a little less himself, in this political climate he probably would have won. Instead he lost the election all on his own.
@@jettaeschroff6924 I guess what I'm saying is, he alienated himself from many of his own supporters by being stupid over and over again. His most loyal followers stayed true, but his blunders definitely swayed a small percentage toward Biden. And a small percentage is all it takes.
Some people are very blinded by their political affiliation, which unfortunately is the most common reason why Obama is disliked by many conservatives. But I think that amongst all these comments praising Obama (which I agree with, he's an outspoken model president) it's important to say that he was not perfect in his politics. Is that to say that he did nothing good for our country? No. But he definitely made some decisions that have been very harmful (e.g his policies surrounding drone bombing in the middle east). No one is perfect, and we should look at all our politicians with skeptical eyes.
This guy was not only the first black president and one in a lifetime president..so eloquent..so intelligent..and a terrific beloved first lady..what a couple...nowadays America is a joke
Blake Johnson sure, keep believing everything Trump and Fox News tell you and put alll Democrats (half of the country) into one box. Sentiments like yours show the long-term damage the Trump administration has done. they have created a divided country where people make assumptions and vilify instead of talking, asking, and learning.
Blake Johnson CNN is also biased. Doesn't change the fact that Fox is. Liberals also make assumptions. Doesn't change the fact that conservatives do too. You literally just asserted that half of the US population hates the country and you would rather believe that than listen to any of them or try to understand. This is the kind of rhetorical situation Trump creates when he uses phrases like ”Do-Nothing dems.” he makes it too easy to put people into boxes.
Definetly better than Trump.... but... he got a peace nobel while starting 1 and a half wars.... I mean... maybe... just maybe.... Obama wanst what he was made out to be?
As opposed to a lying cheating self serving thief in a suit (and a very long tie)... Ps... I live in Scotland and am looking in from afar, however, this impacts on all of us, the Paris Accord, international relations, people's perception of Obama/Trump... that is more what I am about... nice to chat about things civilly ? Cheers 🍻
I think he passes as a good role model. But still, America has many problems. I hope that universal health-care, affordable education, a working pension system will be a reality for all Americans one day if people get engaged in the political process on all levels. News seem to be not about political participation, rather advertisement and obscuring. Even Obama won an advertisement (!) award for his 2008 campaign. Well it shouldn't be about advertisment, but an educated citizenship. It seems that, in the US, politics is made by the few for the few, while most Americans have zero real influence on how they are goverened. 2 options (presidential candidates) that are chosen beforehand by the amount of donations are not enough. According to what I have learned so far, the US should return to FDR politics (low cost education etc). And please finance all politicans by state expenses. Otherwise it is no wonder, that members of the Senate etc will just make real what their very wealthy donors want, not what the general citizenship wants. America needs a strong, educated, plotically engaged citizenship that realize what their interests are and push for them. Only then will the US see another golden age. I hope it will become real.
The fact of the matter is you don’t know the human side of a president until you personally talk to them when they’re guard is down, even Trump. If you deny this you are paradoxically falling into the trap. This guy brilliantly opened up Obama with the phrasing of his question and you can see Obama truly bore the weight of our country’s burdens while in office.
What a wonderful gesture to ask Obama this question and it's incredibly selfless. Imagine all the questions you could ask the president of your country and having to choose 1 and 1 only. Great guy Rob.
i was on ask reddit once and saw the question "you are in an elevator with Barrack Obama and donald trump, what do you do?" my favorite reply was "I say "Mr.President" and nod at Obama"
I would go for and autograph a hug (a big whole scene while ignoring trump) "Mr President Obama Sir" 👍💓 if trump tries to talks to us I would just switch by talking to trump in Spanish😂🤣to make him mad 😂🤣😂 (and walk out all smiles with Obama) 💓
Brandon Moreland Yeah the future is quite gloomy especially if you contemplate a second Trump term.. if he doesn’t start WWIII, he lets down Americans in a health crisis or block the solutions to mitigate climate change..
We look back for inspiration all the time. At least I hope we do. Great things have happened in the past and we should never forget them. Now is tough to be sure, but by looking back we can see that we got through hard times and came out ok. We will this time too.
Rocky Alvarez right satan is an articulate man who pulled america out if its second recession an jesus is the loud mouth with an open fbi investigation and multiple indicated campaign partners, totally forgot lol
When I want to reminding myself how a gentleman look like and how gentleman should acts, when I want to reminding myself how the president looks like and how human should treat one another I always go back and see Mr. Obama’s old videos… Missed you more now than ever
Dear God I have tears in my eyes...was it only 4 years ago that we had someone in office that could carry on a normal thoughtful conversation? And had a head of state who wanted to help fellow Americans? Who took responsibility for his actions. Goddammit what happened to us?!?! Vote Blue folks. Vote Blue
Lucky guy to have his children and be happy about it. That puts a smile on every guy's face that makes everyday worth getting up for and fighting for your family.
Even though I'm from Germany I can't take any Republican seriously who has not at least doubts about the current bad state of his party. To be honest I'm disgusted by Trump's base that doesn't care about anything but themselves. The entire world is witnessing his b.s. (even themselves because no one is so stupid not to see it). The divisiveness, fraud, notorious lies etc and it's backlash but they don't care. It's even worse! His Christian supporters, the worst of the worst, have donated for the kid who killed two protesters 200 000 $ so far. Yes, bail him out since if he's not privileged enough by the colour of his skin! This young devoted man might be the favourite son that Trump never had ;)
walküre's tiddn I live in Peru and I’m also disgusted by Trump. No country deserved a president like him. You have to have a pretty low self-esteem as a country to feel represented by a man like him. Trump is looked down upon in every country on earth (except in half of the US) and I truly hope he loses this election because he is an awful example of leadership and I’m actually scared to have more latin-american copycats in the region (like Bolsonaro)
Though he did blame Bush a lot. And those times where he didnt know about something till he heard about it on tv. Well there was that Benghazi thing where they let those Amercans get killed without sending help. And that Fast n Furious thing where they let Mexican cartels buy a crap ton of guns. Did we ever see a $2500 a year cost reduction in health care premiums, no I think the doubled. Though he did let ISIS expand into several countries and let anarchy over run the Middle East. And something about sending 150 billion to Iran ...
@@pyrolinn2088 Bush was mainly in his first term, since Bush left him with quite a hole to dig out of with the economy, jobs, and the troops in Iraq. As for the rest, I can be wrong, but I don't recall him ever saying he took no responsibility for those acts if he in fact made those decisions. I also find it a tad silly to say he let ISIS overrun the middle east considering the middle east isn't America so that sounds more like the Middle East's governments issue with rebels, not ours. o.O
Pyrolinn he never blamed bush for anything. You know their cousins in fact right? People forget Obama is half white to smh he’s for ALL of us like a real president should be.
Every thing is easier when ever one likes you and the media loves you. When everyone and the media is against you it takes a hero to win and still love the nation and protect it. Even if the nation hates you and there is nothing in it for you.
A lot of the talk on here is about Obama (which makes perfect sense), but I think the guy who asked that question is getting overlooked. That was a question you rarely here asked, especially towards politicians. What a caring dude.
As an American, I think Trump and Obama are close in terms of how well their presidencies were. Both have downsides and upsides. One just has a better personality and maturity. Though, does personality really matter for making the country better at the end of the day?
@@zarrowthehorse sometimes. It helps connect with people which Obama can do and trump can’t which causes him to be one of the most heated people in the world
At this moment of riots and corona attack, binge watching Obama is such a relief!! No one is perfect, but that was a classy president and classy America!
@@lyongreene8241 Dump sure as hell did everything he could to do as much damage as he possibly could. Change everything? Perhaps not... but much of the damage is irreversible.
@@Ibebrappin Didn't you know... Working hard and making something of oneself is impossible! The word "elite" has become a byword for, "I hate anyone that has accomplished more than me" or "I hate anyone that sides with facts. I prefer leaders that side with alternative facts" or "I just prefer white people."
“I’m rich, I m smart, I’m the best America never had as a great president like me “ said the other one 50,000 lies later and we still counting.What a contrast.
He's up to 50,000 now? Somebody needs to stop tweeting. I can't wait till his racist ass gets out of office and into an orange jump suite to match his orange fake tan
@@SageVaughn 😂. Oh Americans you amuse me. You have your head in the sand for all the attrocities your president has committed and concentrate on the nitty gritties someone pointed out. That is clearly him exaggerating for effect. Which to be fair isn't really that much exaggerated.
I think we should have a higher term limit due to life expectancy increases (plus George Washington only left office because he thought he couldn't make it another 4 years which spoil alert: he didn't).
@@callidusvulpes5556 we added it to avoid giving one man power for an extremely long time A good example is FDR who got elected 4 times before eventually passing away in office.
@@redmosquito2173 Actually a bad example it proves my point we added it primarily so that if we are in a crisis a sudden death can't exacerbate it (WW2 for FDR). If FDR didn't die in office I guarantee it wouldn't be a law and we just use the "tyranny" thing as an excuse. George Washington thought he was going to die if he held a third term and knew that since he was the first President and was loved by the people in this completely new gov't there would be a high chance of people seeing it as a life-long role leading to the elimination of elections all together, so he stepped down (also he didn't like being President). And besides I never asked for the term limit to be eliminated, just increased due to life expectancy increases.
Americans had this president and they thought: "This president is too nice, too good and too decent. We should get a president that is an asshole. That will make America great again."
First of all love how the question was teed up. Secondly, I’ll never be president but Obama inspires me to have a job that serves someone other than myself, and if we all did that, then we’d live in a world better off than how we found it. Just my two small cents :)
He actually gave a response the other day. He said that the hardest country to deal with is the United States because it has the worst people he has to deal with. What a moron.
Trump was elected because he was seen as anti-establishment. Trump was so uncharismatic that no one believed he was supported by a system they believed to be corrupt.
Love the humbleness and humility of President Obama! Not hesitant to admit , like other human beings, that he too makes mistakes and apologies and willing to correct and mend it. Unlike the narcissist on the White House now, always rate his performance as 10 , when 210k lives have lost due to his incompetence.
After reading some comments I want to make a statement. Does anyone really think that the president has the power to fix this country? and do you think it is up to the president to do so? I read so many people arguing about the president and what he has done wrong or what he has done good. It is like he is the life line of this country which so wrong. If you want your country to be a better country it is up to you only not someone else. So yes we may have some bad important policies that doesn't mean you base everything on the president it is really up to you.
+Micscience The President doesn't have as much power as Congress, and Congress is a little more than half way corrupted by Wall street. It's so severe that anything the president could do to try and fix it would take entirely too long, on top of the fact that congress would use every measure possible to stop him from succeeding ...ultimately he would waste his entire time in office. He focuses on what he can do. This is why i'm interested in Bernie Sanders, because pretty much his one and only goal is to fix this problem.
+Micscience Thats because America is a place of accountability deniability, and finger pointing. Americans always want one person or one group to blame, most cannot comprehend that, often times many things conspire to create a certain situation, life is not black and white. No one person is to blame in politics, they are all to blame and WE are all to blame. But nobody dares admit that. So they just point at the president whoever he may be, doesn't even matter. Jesus could be president and people would still post ignorant crap on RU-vid about him. In my opinion, our country has not gone to shit because of presidents or the senate or congress or immigrants or refugees, this country has gone to shit because we've allowed it to. It's much easier to give away power and rights than to admit accountability as a citizen of your country. The whole world knows that Donald Trump is one of the most foolish human beings on the planet, but guess what he entertains them so many will vote for him. I actually fear he will be our next president because of how stupid Americans have become. Yeah big corporations are taking over our country, I know lets make a Billionaire business owner our president!
+Micscience I think there power is more limited than people realise and probably has been since the days of Kennedy and possibly before. From the outside we imagine a top-down system with the guy at the top calling the shots. I think they are limited in how far they can change things and it's always going to be by increments. The entire system itself is self-perpetuating and traditionalist. Personally I think Obama is the best POTUS they've ever had and if they ever get a Trump, Carson, or someone of that ilk then they'll appreciate him more.
+Justin Yates SOME PEOPLE VOTE AND TTY TO MAKE A DIFFERANCE. OUTHERS CONPLAIN AND DO NOT VOTE. sorry for the caps I am not yelling...my kb is acyjng up.;)
All that would have happened regardless, he had many ideas that he wanted to push forward with and wasn't able to, remember he's just a figure head for a short period of time a face to put on the mantle, it's the people in congress you should be hating on, the ones who have been in power for 20/30:40 years, they're the ones with the real powers.
+Luca B I tell you what I hope you fall on your arse and experience not being able to look after yourself medically or even your children after you! You sound like a pathetic human being.
How the American people went from this president to the current is beyond me. Or maybe he was not that good a president after all, though sympathetic, eloquent and congenial?
Trump is a business man. he’s ruthless with his words and doesn’t appeal to the emotional side of things generally. weather you like him or not he has helped this country, he’s just a blabber mouth that doesn’t know when to shut up
Obama appealed to peoples' intelligence and integrity and their need to change the country for the better for everyone. Trump appealed to peoples' hatred and bias adding fuel to the fire to the point these people saw him as 'one of them'.
@@phylakay7082...besides the deep tax cut for corporations and the wealthy, exactly what has he accomplished? He drove up the deficit, he rolled back many of Obama's environmental regulations, he never really completes a project, he hires and appoints people who are not qualified, mindless and are "yes" people. The wall isn't finished, the China trade tariffs confusion hasn't been sorted out and he basically ignored the pandemic. He alienated us from our strongest allies and withdrew from treaties and accords. He needlessly killed a man who was dangerous but was not bothering us (he did it because Obama got Osama bin Laden). I'm gonna stop now but I've got plenty more facts I can spew. I ask again, what has he accomplished?
CivicSTS there were no term limits prior to FDR. What's retarded is that for over half of he countries history, we didn't have term limits.. and now we pretend like it's so ridiculous. No president makes it to the third term but if he/she has the popular vote and electoral college then why should we have to trade them for a new shit president. It should be three term max. No more though.
Loved the question from a blushing Rob. Thank you Rob, your sensitivity showed and shone so brightly. I hope that you wear that light with much pride and strength.
President Trump never accepts blame for anything. Now, his last 2 months in office, he is doing everything in his power to try to make it difficult for the incoming administration. He is causing harm to everybody. He isn't just doing harm to the people that didn't support him. He is doing harm to every citizen of the USA.He knows he can't overturn the election. It was a landslide by his standards 4 years ago.
Passing the buck is so easy but a cowardly act. It's good to see a man in a high ranking position stating that the buck stops with Him. Owning success and failure. Regardless of who, along the chain, is to blame for the mistake. Standing up and Owning up. Respect.
Kind of surreal watching this now. Like seeing a beautiful house before fire had ripped thru and gutted the place. Hope you guys can start to rebuild soon xoxo
