Obama Blows People’s Minds with Announcement That Screams Hypocrisy
Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, calling the move “inherently corrupting” and “a deliberate weakening of democracy.”
Obama’s comments came during the final episode of comedian Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, released Monday. He accused Trump of “politicizing the military” and violating the Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts domestic use of federal troops.
“When you have military that can direct force against their own people, that is inherently corrupting,” Obama said. “When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist attack — that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy.”
Maron interjected, “They just landed in Chicago!” referring to the 200 National Guard troops Trump sent to the city last week to combat surging violent crime.
Trump has defended the move, citing shocking crime statistics over Labor Day weekend, when 58 people were shot and nine killed, an 87% spike from the previous year.
“That’s not our country,” Trump said. “We have to do something.”
The president’s crackdown also involves cooperation between the National Guard, ICE, and Border Patrol, aimed at both curbing violence and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records.
But the decision has triggered backlash from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who filed a lawsuit attempting to block the deployment. Both Democrats claim Trump’s actions infringe on state sovereignty.
Obama piled on, saying it was “mind-boggling” how the media would have reacted if he had used the military in a similar fashion.
“A lot of the norms, civic habits, and institutional guardrails we took for granted have been weakened deliberately,” Obama said. “They’re not destroyed, but they’ve been damaged — systematically.”
Still, not all Democrats share Obama’s outrage. Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez (D–15th Ward) publicly backed Trump’s efforts, arguing that ordinary Chicagoans support stronger law enforcement after years of unchecked violence.
“There are many people in the city of Chicago who completely support having the additional resources to keep both ICE agents and community protesters safe,” Lopez said.
“What we have seen is a complete abdication of responsibility by Governor Pritzker and the mayor of Chicago, who have refused to allow police to simply maintain peace,” he continued.
“We need to bring some sanity back to the conversation — and a majority of Chicagoans want to see that happen.”
The clash highlights a deepening divide between Trump’s law-and-order approach and Democrats’ resistance to federal intervention in local matters.
For Trump supporters, the deployment represents a long-overdue stand against chaos in America’s cities. For critics like Obama, it’s another example of what they see as Trump’s determination to upend traditional boundaries of presidential power.
Either way, the fight over who controls Chicago’s streets — the federal government or Democratic city leaders — shows no signs of ending soon.