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IcyPeas

(24,314 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 11:58 AM Sep 24

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

MLWR

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

Especially ORANGE, fat, dementia-riddled old men.

llmart

(16,905 posts)
13. I would have given everything...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:01 PM
Sep 24

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

SergeStorms

(19,789 posts)
14. I suspect......
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:03 PM
Sep 24

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

SergeStorms

(19,789 posts)
20. Melanoma doesn't weigh that much.....
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 02:27 PM
Sep 24

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

(3,591 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

(13,217 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
Sep 24

Except that they will also go flat.

IcyPeas

(24,314 posts)
23. 2 funny comments under the Pete Souza/Obama photo...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 04:18 PM
Sep 24

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

(3,591 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

(8,432 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
Sep 24

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

(243,950 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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