June 16, 2019

Obama playing dictator-in-exile from a kingly south of France palace?

President Obama is living the life of a former king, vacationing these days at a palatial estate in the south of France. At what point has he made enough? Silly us for asking.

Daily Mail has a report with a lot of photographs:

Former US president Barack Obama and his family arrived in Avignon in the south of France for a week's holiday just days after they were pictured celebrating daughter Sasha's graduation from high school.

The Obamas are reportedly staying at a luxurious 18th century farmhouse on Bathelasse island, near the Provencal city.

Barack, 57, his wife Michelle, 55, and their two daughters Sasha, 18, and Malia, 20, will relax at the palatial Le Mas des Poiriers, rented at 55,000 euros for the week, according to a report by Le Parisien.

The two former first daughters were seen out and about Saturday after jetting into the Provencal city on Friday.

Security detail from the Gard regional police as well as the US Secret Service will surround the residence as the former first family visit the area.

The property sits on 65 acres - providing seclusion and privacy for the Obamas during their stay.

Why the taxpayers should pay for this via the security guard details, as if the man can't afford any of his own after all the payoffs he's now collecting from speeches and book deals is rather a side issue.

The problem is that this comes as he's engaging in quite a few shenanigans on his own around Europe.

DCWhispers, a pretty reliable blog, reprinted an item stringing together all the Obama spottings around Europe with its leaders, all of whom are of the #NeverTrump ilk, calling it the activity of a "dictator in exile." Obama's met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He's also met with French President Emmanuel Macron. Funny, he's now staying in Macron's country now... And all of this comes as Obama has become increasingly implicated in the activities to overthrow President Trump from Deep State, a trail that's now being investigated by the Justice Department. And it comes as revelations roll out about Obama's former Secretary of State, John Kerry, as well as other prominent Democrats, such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, meet with America's enemies such as Iran on the sly, advising them to hold on until they can retake power.

The DCWhispers writer raises even more questions:

Why is a former president, any former president, conducting policy discussions that might have foreign policy implications with the leaders of foreign governments without first clearing his contacts with the currently seated administration?

That question is of even greater import in light of the diametrically opposed world views held by the current president and the former president.

Is Obama using his relationships with foreign leaders to continue pushing for the expansion of globalism, the shadow government’s foreign policy agenda?

If it's all true, this is indeed how many ex-dictators in exile act. And actually, it's never before been seen by former American presidents. It's clearly a kind of decadence borne of a lifestyle of an idle rich person -- using that idle time to plot a comeback. The south-of-France thang is a nice touch.

At a minimum, it's time to pull the plug on the taxpayer funding for the presidential lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous abroad. It's gone too far and now it's leading to trouble. Why should the Secret Service tag this guy at huge taxpayer expense wherever he goes? And why should he be allowed to use these resources to run a shadow government?

Read more: https://www.americanthinker.co...g.html#ixzz5r6mOxVwo

I don't care where he vacations, how much it costs, or that he has a SS detail (duh). The meeting with foreign leaders part if true is disturbing though.

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The meeting with foreign leaders part if true is disturbing though.

Carter is a bitter old man. Bill and Hill are rapidly becoming irrelevant. Obama remains dangerous.
I have no doubt that he is attempting to undermine the foreign policy of our current government. Obama remains part of that globalist cabal that runs the EU.

Obama and to many of his former administration are doing exactly what they criticize President Trump's staff and family of doing. Hypocrites.

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At a minimum, it's time to pull the plug on the taxpayer funding for the presidential lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous abroad.

Non-issue, we expect the same for Bush where ever he travels.

The bigger issue is how 44 is being feted and holding an audience overseas, as if he's forming a royal court. I don't recall him forming any deep friendships (ala Reagan-QEII, Reagan-Mulroney) instead, those who come to him seem to be currying favor, seeking influence; there's no pictures of world leaders sharing some time horseback riding, boating, fishing, hiking, biking, golfing...all such images only have 44 framed in it. He can do as he pleases in his retirement however, the constant drumbeat of a deep state, subversive activities is not good.

For him money is no object. I wonder how much Iran payola he skimmed. Also, isn’t illegal or treasonous for someone to interfere with our govt policies?

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Originally posted by Strambo:
I don't care where he vacations, how much it costs, or that he has a SS detail (duh). The meeting with foreign leaders part if true is disturbing though.

I thought there was a law against that.

flashguy

Why foreign leaders love 'Bama?

. . . Obama, in his citizen-of-the-world conception of himself, thinks that the United States already has too much power and needs to be deflated. <sub>National Review, Thomas Sowell, April 2, 2014

https://www.nationalreview.com...notch-thomas-sowell/</sub>

I'm guessing France wants to see African riots in American cities. And 'Bama concurs, in the belief that will level global misery.

Maybe he’ll get botulism from some bad fish or something...

Maybe he's popular in some segments of European society because he's "not Trump" and the jackasses in power in Europe are just touching base on the off chance that (1) they can help nudge the election in a given direction by showing their disapproval of Trump and (2) someone other than Trump wins the election.

If he's in Avignon it's more likely he thinks he's a Pope.

Has he finished book he got paid millions for?

Is there an extradition agreement with France?

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Maybe he’ll get botulism from some bad fish or something...

Or a accidentally dropped JDAM could land on their motel. I cannot describe how pleased I would be.

Putin envy........Stampy Feet has it.

“Former US president Barack Obama and his family arrived in Avignon in the south of France for a week's holiday just days after they were pictured celebrating daughter Sasha's graduation from high school.”

If memory serves, my family celebrated the end of the easiest part of my life by going to Ozzie’s Humble Inn and having a pizza.

Of course, my dad was just an exploration geologist for an oil company, not a cheese-dick, commie rat, former community organizer.

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Originally posted by greco:
For him money is no object. I wonder how much Iran payola he skimmed. Also, isn’t illegal or treasonous for someone to interfere with our govt policies?

I think the Iranians gave him a cut, he didn't need to skim anything.

Obama has been dead to me for nearly 10 years. Now if he could be dead to the rest of the world, that would be great. Thank you. Oh and take Michelle with him. That is all.
Rod

June 17, 2019
Dictator in exile, Medici edition: Is Obama secretly meeting with Italy's Renzi to get their stories straight?
By Monica Showalter

Former President Obama's weird careening around Europe is starting to have the look of a spygate rationale.

Following his earlier meetings, publicly known, with President Emmanuel Macron of France, and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, he's now meeting secretly with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, in what might just be a bid for the two of them to get their stories straight. Italy, recall, is the nation that elected a Trump-like new government, following the deep state collaborations of the earlier government, and the new government has fired four Italian intelligence officials, apparently over a spygate bid to pin Russian collusion charges, falsely, on President Trump via planted emails, in a Machiavellian bid to get him thrown out of office.

That's the suggestion from Joe Hoft over at GatewayPundit, which has a long and involved piece about the former president's latest travels, citing quite a few open sources. He begins:

As reported on May 25th==>>

Earlier this month Italian Prime Minister Conte asked for the resignations of four top intelligence officials after his call with President Donald Trump.



And now another Internet Sleuth has uncovered some shocking news related to the recent removal of these top Italian intelligence ministers from their positions as top spies in the government.

Spygate figure George Papadopoulos, the low level Trump aide who was targeted in the Mueller dragnet as well as in FBI surveillance, seems to think this might be what's going on. He tweeted:

George Papadopoulos:

Two weeks after I exposed Italy’s role in spygate, Obama is heading to Italy today to meet with the former Italian prime minister who weaponized his intel assets against us. Keep focused, America. The real headlines are now coming out.

The report is long and involved and well-supported with primary documents from a variety of sources. What it looks like here is Obama scrambling to get his story straight with the Italians one step ahead of the lawmen seeking to uncover the origins of the entire spygate fiasco. He's met with Merkel. He's met with Macron. He's keeping close to the luxury palace pad in the south of France. And he's sure as heck not saying anything, just secretly meeting with the spygate partners in Europe, looking less Louis XIV and more like a Medici prince.

This looks like one worth watching for it's outcome. Read the whole thing here.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...-to-spygate-scandal/

https://www.americanthinker.co...tories_straight.html

Globalists hang out with globalists and I don’t see how anyone can do anything about it.