Did Obama Do It Better

I was not looking for this video. I was minding my own business, trying to wake up, trying to stretch my toes and talking myself into ignoring this fibromyalgia flare so I could do my workout and get moving for the day and I found myself watching a young black man showcasing a video of a man telling me how Obama did it better. He said the argument that MAGAs are making lately, that everything that Trump is doing, Obama did and we are only getting angry because it is Trump. But this guy is saying that Obama did it better. I didn’t share the video because the young man, after the older guy was done talking, went on a rant about race and I just didn’t think that is fair. As a wife in a black family, I know a little bit about black people, especially mixed people and I am pretty sure that President Obama knows he is black but he is also white and even though he doesn’t talk about it much, both are important to him.

I think people need to get over some of the boxes we put ourselves in. But until we do, I guess we have to maintain them. So I didn’t share that video, but since I could not stop thinking about the mature guy’s message, I went to look for the original video (It is at the bottom of this message, as long as it is still on Facebook and the code is still working. You can watch it for yourself if you want.) and I took some notes. I really was trying to decide, did Obama do it better?

This man said that Obama did all the following things better than Trump:

• Obama used surgical strikes and limited military operations to take out targets and not start a war.
• Unemployment was better under Obama.
• The economy was better under Obama.
• Deportations; more were done under Obama and they cost less under Obama (1/10 of the budget were his words)
• Obama got a healthcare bill.
• Obama got tax cuts for low and middle class people.

As far as war goes, I don’t really want to research this. I don’t like war. I do know we were still at war in Iraq and I know that under his leadership Osama bin Laden was assassinated. There are always air strikes and I know he did order many. I do not recall our government ever abducting any government leaders until Trump.

As far as unemployment goes, when Obama took office, unemployment was at 10%. By the end of his second term, it was down to 4.7%. Because of the work of his administration, Trump’s administration benefitted, and his administration was able to see unemployment drop to 3.5% before the pandemic of 2020. The U.S. unemployment rate increased from 4.0% to 4.3% in 2025 under Biden. As of January 2026 there has been no change in the unemployment rate under Trump. These numbers are from the Plus 500 website.

The best way to measure the economy is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and job creation. Under Obama there was a 2.3% growth in GDP. While under Trump in his first term we saw a 2.6% growth and in the last year there has been a 4.3% growth. Under Obama there were 11.6 million jobs created. Under Trump in his first term there were negative 2.67 million jobs created. In the last year there have been 130,000 jobs created. Another way that people want to measure money is the stock market but I don’t want count that because only people with liquid assets can play that game. Since only about 60-65% of the population can afford to do that and I am not one of them, it doesn’t appear tangible to me.

President Obama deported 2.7 million people and be spent $200 billion dollars to do it. That breaks down to about $18,000 per person. President Trump has deported 622,000 people at the prices of $40 million. He did this at the average cost of $1 million each.

As far as ICE detention centers go, I cannot find numbers for how many people were detained in ICE detention centers under Obama and there is criticism about the quality of life there, which I do remember being very angry about then too. I am not sure why we did not learn from this. As of the end of December 2025 there were 70,805 people and families being detained in ICE detention centers, which was a 73.5% increase from the previous year. The daily average of detainees often exceeded 66,000, marking the highest levels of immigration detention in U.S. history. People are not getting medical treatment, the food is terrible and the conditions are not acceptable. People are not being allowed to speak to their lawyers or family. But ICE and CPB agents were not deployed on United States streets under Obama or in airports as they are under Trump.

Trump promised a healthcare plan. But he promised a lot of things. We all have thoughts about the Affordable Care Act that was enacted under Obama.

Under Obama we were blessed with tax cuts that meaningfully helped middle and low class wage earners: Making Work Pay, Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. Under Trump we have the   Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, increased the child tax credit, and doubled the standard deduction.

I found these numbers by using the internet. You can decide for yourself. Was Obama a perfect president? Nope. Was he a better one. I know my answer. In the honor of respecting the peaceful transition of power am I praying for the current administration and the patience to get through every hellifying, I mean blessed surprise that each morning brings. YES!

Enjoy your day!

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If you want to watch the video, hopefully it hasn’t been taken down and it is still here 🙂

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