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IcyPeas

(24,296 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 11:58 AM Wednesday

President Barack Obama on that U.N. ESCALATOR






Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T04:16:34.089Z


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President Barack Obama on that U.N. ESCALATOR (Original Post) IcyPeas Wednesday OP
Let it be said: Turbineguy Wednesday #1
...and trains, plains, and automobiles.... :dem: riversedge Wednesday #3
Going up! usonian Wednesday #2
All that proves is escalators are racist against fat, white, dementia riddled old men. Ray Bruns Wednesday #4
escalators are racist against fat, white, dementia riddled old men. MLWR Wednesday #8
HEY DJT: Mr.Bee Wednesday #5
Smooth as silk. ornotna Wednesday #6
Coffee in one hand... other hand in pocket. IcyPeas Wednesday #22
and his brilliant photographer didn't step into a security trip MadameButterfly Thursday #34
My heart hurts Lulu KC Wednesday #7
What a mensch. greatauntoftriplets Wednesday #9
He rode an escalator like he had done it all his life rurallib Wednesday #10
Nice tie, by the way . . . NBachers Wednesday #11
Because of this putz trump Johnny Noshoes Wednesday #17
I have a closet full of red hats I can never wear again. louis-t Thursday #37
LOL LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #12
I would have given everything... llmart Wednesday #13
I suspect...... SergeStorms Wednesday #14
My thoughts exactly. Trumpledick weighs at least twice as much as Obama. appleannie1 Wednesday #15
Melanoma doesn't weigh that much..... SergeStorms Wednesday #20
That was my first thought, too! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #31
They have determined that Trump's photographer stepped back and hit a safety device MadameButterfly Thursday #35
Always so classy! Totally Tunsie Wednesday #16
trump fails to realize that the same will happen if he steps on the stairway to heaven. C Moon Wednesday #18
So bad of Pete. I got a lovely laugh. Thanks. Biophilic Wednesday #19
i miss him. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #21
2 funny comments under the Pete Souza/Obama photo... IcyPeas Wednesday #23
Yeah, Obama would have taken it in stride, made a joke, made a positive story out of it MadameButterfly Thursday #36
I liked -- I think it was Colbert's joke last night -- that all the escalators in NYC got together to fierywoman Wednesday #24
Yup, that was Colbert! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #32
OMG I love him. n/t evemac Wednesday #25
BOOM Faux pas Wednesday #26
Like a boss!!! tulipsandroses Wednesday #27
looking.....PRESIDENTIAL Skittles Wednesday #28
Now, there's a President. Joinfortmill Wednesday #29
No Drama Obama Bayard Thursday #30
Obama has always been extremely popular in other countries Rhiannon12866 Thursday #33

MLWR

(568 posts)
8. escalators are racist against fat, white, dementia riddled old men.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 01:08 PM
Wednesday

Especially ORANGE, fat, dementia-riddled old men.

llmart

(16,881 posts)
13. I would have given everything...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:01 PM
Wednesday

just to see Orange Anus Mouth take a face palm while on it.

SergeStorms

(19,785 posts)
14. I suspect......
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:03 PM
Wednesday

there's a weight limit on the escalators, and Trump tripped the breaker when he stepped on.

SergeStorms

(19,785 posts)
20. Melanoma doesn't weigh that much.....
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:27 PM
Wednesday

but American machinery recognizes Euro-trash in an instant. Between the two of them, they were lucky to get to the second floor at all.

MadameButterfly

(3,581 posts)
35. They have determined that Trump's photographer stepped back and hit a safety device
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:55 AM
Thursday

at the top of the escalator designed to keep people from getting caught up in the gears of the escalator. Thus stopping the escalator.

Ironically, this was the shot the Trump photographer was probably trying to take. Not that it would have compared to Obama's pic anyway, but you know they are trying.

C Moon

(13,210 posts)
18. trump fails to realize that the same will happen if he steps on the stairway to heaven.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:13 PM
Wednesday

Except that they will also go flat.

IcyPeas

(24,296 posts)
23. 2 funny comments under the Pete Souza/Obama photo...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:18 PM
Wednesday

And if it had stopped, he would've trotted up, 2 steps at a time, not spilling a drop of his coffee, and smiling the whole way.

(@birdy123.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T15:10:18.621Z


That escalator had been broken for months, but started working as soon as Obama stepped on.

Peter Nincompoop (@carcrashrecorder.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T19:39:56.196Z


MadameButterfly

(3,581 posts)
36. Yeah, Obama would have taken it in stride, made a joke, made a positive story out of it
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:57 AM
Thursday

and it certainly wouldn't have entered his speech.

fierywoman

(8,431 posts)
24. I liked -- I think it was Colbert's joke last night -- that all the escalators in NYC got together to
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 06:59 PM
Wednesday

make that one stop in order to apologize for not stopping the escalator going downward at Trump Tower when he announced his first candidacy (2015?)

Rhiannon12866

(243,686 posts)
33. Obama has always been extremely popular in other countries
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 05:58 AM
Thursday

Unlike the current thin-skinned blowhard...

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