Remember Donald Trump? Weird hair, namesake of a line of failed hotels, noted bankruptcy aficionado.
With the 2016 election looming, the time has come for his quadrennial Not Really Running For President But Pay Attention To Me Please campaign, and The Donald is already on solid ground: Ebola is in America, and President Obama basically brought it here by himself.
In an Instagram video Trump posted Friday, he said Ebola made it to New York because Obama would not stop the flights (not sure which flights) and that Obama should be ashamed.
Ebola has been confirmed in N.Y.C., with officials frantically trying to find all of the people and things he had contact with.Obama’s fault
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2014
Which, OK, fine. It’s not actually Obama’s fault, and the experts have said pretty unequivocally that denying entry from West Africa is a terrible idea that would make things worse.
But Donald gonna do what Donald gonna do! And this is what he does. Such is life when you live in a world you created yourself.
Picked straight from that world, here are a handful of terrible things that Trump would like you to believe resulted from Obama. Remember: Trump 2016! (But not really!)
Remember New York’s gas shortage during Hurricane Sandy? Obama could have stopped it, but he chose not to
Obama forced nearly 50 million people to go on food stamps
Congratulations to Obama on building a strong economy. There are 49,500,000 people on food stamps. A historic record! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2014
On a recent Tuesday, Obama indulged in his favorite hobby of getting people fired
It’s Tuesday. How many jobs has ObamaCare cost the economy today? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2014
Something that actually WASN’T Obama’s fault: Killing Osama bin Laden