“When you are a citizen of the world, you always think about the world instead of the United States. Remember, this is a guy whose father has roots in Africa. This is a guy who spent a lot of his childhood in Southeast Asia and then spent a lot of time in Hawaii. Was that the last state to get a star on the flag?
“He’s never really looking at things from an American perspective. He’s always speaking to the world. Even when he’s speaking to us, he’s appealing to the world.
“We don’t live in Europe, Barack Obama. This is the United States of America, and it shows how naive, detached, and how snobby he is to not understand that this is the United States.
“And as sad as it is—and it was a horrible story off the coast—this is not something that concerns most Americans in their spare time.” -Fox host Jesse Watters, after Obama compared the media coverage of hundreds of migrants drowning off the coast of Greece to that of the Titanic tourist sub.
Jesse Watters on Monday went after Barack Obama for criticizing the disparity in media attention on the submersible that imploded during its venture to the Titanic wreck when compared to the sinking of a fishing boat that was carrying up to 750 refugees. https://t.co/kAYwlmOh0L
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 27, 2023
Former Pres. Obama said he was disappointed that the media spent more time on the Titanic sub than a migrant boat that sank off the coast of Greece. The cast of The Five found ways to weave in any number of topics. Perino seems to lack even basic knowledge about Syria. pic.twitter.com/0u6ragv5Yj
— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) June 26, 2023
Watters: This is not the BBC. The Greek migrants who drowned, there was no Titanic angle. We had guests that knew people that were submerged. There was suspense because we had the countdown to the air shutting down.. pic.twitter.com/Y5Ojegv96r
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 26, 2023
Watters, new host of Tucker’s 8pm slot, says of Obama: “This is a guy whose father has roots in Africa…Spent a lot of time in Hawaii. Was that the last state to get a star on the flag? He’s never really looking at things from an American perspective.”
pic.twitter.com/cXZ6xKD1JE— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 26, 2023