Posted on 11/30/2016 12:45:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Obama says he wasn’t all that surprised by Donald Trump’s upset victory in the presidential election.
“So I think the odds of Donald Trump winning were always around 20 percent,” Obama said in a Rolling Stone interview published Tuesday. “That [doesn't] seem like a lot, but one out of five is not that unusual. It's not a miracle."
Obama spoke to the magazine’s publisher, Jann Wenner, the day after Election Day, when the level of shock at the White House seemed very high.
Dozens of stunned staffers, many of whom had tears in their eyes, stood in the Rose Garden to watch the president address the election results.
Obama’s assessment of Trump’s odds differs from his declaration in February that the real estate mogul “will not be president.”
But as the race wore on, Obama warned voters Trump had a real shot at winning.
“Now, this should not be a close race, but it’s going to be a close race,” he said at a rally in Charlotte, N.C., four days before Election Day.
Even though Obama said he was “disappointed” by the possibility Trump could roll back his core accomplishments, he told Wenner he wasn’t “dismayed” by the outcome because his administration has shaped “a generation to think about being inclusive, being fair, caring about the environment.”
“And they will have growing influence year by year, which means that America over time will continue to get better.”
Apparently, the guy who owns the casino always wins.
Oh, I don’t know. There are black conservatives I would possibly vote for.
...”It’s a miracle.
But for God, it wouldn’t have happened.
God is going to bat for America. More to come.”...
Yes. Millions of Christians have prayed without ceasing for our country and, Trump is a Godsend, in my opinion to this nation at this time in history. God saw the evil coming out of our government and it’s media and I think He said, “Enough!” When God is on your side, you have no reason to fear what man or woman can do to you and I believe Trump is covered. Can’t wait for the “forgotten” men and women to get some real attention.
Perfect
The battle is just beginning. It will take a lot to restore our Free Constitutional Republic and everyone and the states MUST be involved if we are to wrench this country from the hands of these Leftist Tyrants who have created a mostly unconstitutional $4 trillion beast, 80%+ of which MUST be dismantled. Only God can make it happen - and I think He will.
A 5000 dollar bet on Trump would have made me a millionaire - learned my lesson
he is a self-described “mongrel”. What a racist...and loser.
Our president is such a stupid smart guy.
There is no real “probability” in elections. It’s not a game of chance.
There are possible outcomes, and we try to guess what the outcomes are.
This is as stupid as claiming that the betting odds on a football game define the “chance” a team has of winning the game.
“It’s not a miracle.”
That is a shot at God. Obama doesn’t believe the God promotes one and deposes another. He therefore believes the Bible is false when it says:
Psalms 75:6-7:
“For promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from God. He promotes one and deposes another.”
That ain’t his Bible.
LOL!
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