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Obama and Susan Rice Reportedly 'Broke Down and Cried' After Trump's 2016 Win
https://www.westernjournal.com ^ | February 18, 2026 | Johnathan Jones

Posted on 02/18/2026 7:13:16 PM PST by bitt

A new report claims former President Barack Obama and his then-national security advisor, Susan Rice, were so distraught after Donald Trump won the 2016 election that they both cried.

The claim was posted on X Tuesday by RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Paul Sperry.

According to Sperry, the reaction is documented in 1,100 hours of audio and video compiled by Columbia University in a collaboration with the Obama Foundation.

Sperry wrote that after Trump’s unexpected victory, Obama and Rice feared that “all they’d built” was “at risk” of being undone.

He further claimed they worried their work would be dismantled by what they described as a “con man” and a “clown.”

Sperry added that both of them “literally broke down and cried” in front of White House staffers.

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The report does not include the audio or video itself.

Sperry did not indicate whether the audio would be released publicly or whether transcripts would be made available.

Trump’s 2016 win over Democrat Hillary Clinton stunned Washington’s political class and sparked an effort to undermine Trump before he ever entered office in 2017.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence last year issued a report titled “Declassified Evidence of Obama Administration Conspiracy to Subvert President Trump’s 2016 Victory and Presidency.”

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brokedownandcried; lol; obama; susanrice; trump

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1 posted on 02/18/2026 7:13:16 PM PST by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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2 posted on 02/18/2026 7:13:28 PM PST by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=500>)
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To: bitt

Gotta see that.


3 posted on 02/18/2026 7:14:35 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: bitt

So much for Obama’s “calm and in control” image


4 posted on 02/18/2026 7:15:04 PM PST by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: bitt

Like I said on the previous thread about this topic “What a couple of pussies.”


5 posted on 02/18/2026 7:17:43 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: bitt

I’ll bet Obama soiled his panties, too.


6 posted on 02/18/2026 7:18:10 PM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: bitt

FWIW my then 18 year old son—who had just cast his first Presidential ballot—sobbed inconsolably for nearly an hour on the dismal rainy Pennsylvania morning of November 5, 2008.


7 posted on 02/18/2026 7:24:59 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: bitt

Because they’ll be going to Jail !


8 posted on 02/18/2026 7:25:46 PM PST by cquiggy (Ck)
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To: Libloather

“their work would be dismantled by what they described as a “con man” and a “clown.””

I think the “author” wrote the article just so he could use that line. Scumbag.


9 posted on 02/18/2026 7:27:07 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: bitt

Well, Michele was always the man of the family


10 posted on 02/18/2026 7:35:26 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: All

At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama mocked Donald Trump’s “birther” conspiracy theories and mocked his potential presidency, which many, including advisors, believe motivated Trump to run.

Obama joked about Trump turning the White House into a casino and questioned if he could handle serious issues.

Obama joked that after releasing his birth certificate, Trump could focus on “serious” issues, such as “Did we fake the Moon landing?”.

Obama teased Trump’s “credentials” by referencing his decision-making on The Celebrity Apprentice.

A picture of the White House with a “Trump” gold neon sign and a hot tub was shown to the crowd.


UPSHOT: Trump sat stiffly and did not laugh while the audience, including many celebrities and politicians, laughed, which was described by aides as a turning point that solidified his decision to run.


11 posted on 02/18/2026 7:35:36 PM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
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***Sperry wrote that after Trump’s unexpected victory, Obama and Rice feared that “all they’d built” was “at risk” of being undone***

All that fresh New World Order nonsense, blown to smithereens. They entrusted it to the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys...

12 posted on 02/18/2026 7:36:35 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: lightman

I was on Disney World. The day after Trump won we went on the Great Movie Ride. My late mom was very liberal. When we got to the Wizard of Oz scene, I started singing at the top of my lungs, “ ding dong the witch is dead.”!She gave me the dirtiest look. 😂😂😂


13 posted on 02/18/2026 7:38:12 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: lightman

To the song.


14 posted on 02/18/2026 7:39:00 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: canuck_conservative

Like Biden is sharp as a tack.


15 posted on 02/18/2026 7:41:32 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“....Well, Michele was always the man of the family...”

Big Mike may well have been our “First Tranny”, but one thing’s for sure, he was definitely NOT a bottom....


16 posted on 02/18/2026 7:47:17 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: bitt

The’d cry a helluva lot harder when arrested and immediately whisked away to GITMO to face a military tribunal for insurraction and a host of other charges...


17 posted on 02/18/2026 7:49:59 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: bitt

RE: Rice and Obama after the election results came in....

So a highly sensitive person shows strength running the world’s most powerful nation while hurt by the election results——and next to her, Obama also felt like crying, too.


18 posted on 02/18/2026 7:53:11 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Bob Ireland

I think you mean the Wicked Witch of Washington D.C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsrZSA3PPM


19 posted on 02/18/2026 7:54:15 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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20 posted on 02/18/2026 8:01:47 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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