Progressive Thinking

Progressive Laura Kiefert comments on the latest Trump garbage dragging Barack Obama into his deranged circus with talk of treason and prison? Hell no. That’s not politics — that’s delusion with a bullhorn.

LAKE GENEVA, WI - I’ve sat through a lot of crap over the years. I’ve watched Donald Trump lie, rant, threaten, and throw around schoolyard nicknames like a drunk uncle on Facebook. I didn’t like it — but I stomached it. I rolled my eyes through “Sleepy Joe,” grit my teeth through “rigged election,” and let the “Hunter’s laptop” noise roll off my back like static.

But now Trump wants to haul Barack freaking Obama in front of a court and slap him with treason charges?

Get real. Get a grip. Get a clue.

You want to talk about delusional? This isn’t just political theater — this is a full-blown cult meltdown. Obama didn’t commit treason. He committed the unforgivable sin of being a brilliant, calm, compassionate, Black man who ran the country with grace — and made it look easy. And Trump has never gotten over it.

Let’s call this what it is: a pathetic attempt to rewrite history and distract from Trump’s own avalanche of crimes, lawsuits, and disgrace. The man’s got more indictments than most people have pairs of socks. He’s a convicted felon, a pathological liar, and a walking violation of decency. But sure, let’s toss Obama in prison for… what exactly? Hurting Trump’s feelings?

This isn’t about justice. It’s about vengeance. It’s about weaponizing the legal system to punish anyone who dared outshine the orange messiah. First Hillary. Then Biden. Now Obama. Next — what? Rachel Maddow? Mr. Rogers?

And let’s not forget, this all comes from the same lunatic who pushed birther conspiracies for years because Obama had the audacity to be born with a name like Barack Hussein Obama. Trump built his entire political identity on undermining Obama’s legitimacy — and now he wants to seal that hatred with a prison sentence?

Give me a break. Hell, give me a damn whiskey.

Obama led with class. He didn’t whine, he didn’t grift, and he didn’t throw tantrums on Twitter. He passed the ACA. He killed bin Laden. He never once called for his political enemies to be locked up. And now we’re supposed to believe he is the traitor?

No. Just no.

I’ve got plenty of bones to pick with politicians, left and right. I can argue policy all day long. But if you think it’s okay to send a former president — especially one as admired and scandal-free as Obama — to prison over paranoid fiction, you’re not just wrong. You’re part of the problem. You’re lighting matches under the very foundation of democracy.

So go ahead and chant “lock him up” if it makes you feel powerful. But know this: when you start throwing treason charges at Obama, you’re not draining the swamp. You’re drowning in it.