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IcyPeas

(24,284 posts) Wed Sep 24, 2025, 11:58 AM Wednesday

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President Barack Obama on that U.N. ESCALATOR [View all]

Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalatorâ€¦ 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 [View all] IcyPeas Wednesday OP

Let it be said: Turbineguy Wednesday #1

...and trains, plains, and automobiles.... :dem: riversedge Wednesday #3

Going up! usonian Wednesday #2

All that proves is escalators are racist against fat, white, dementia riddled old men. Ray Bruns Wednesday #4

escalators are racist against fat, white, dementia riddled old men. MLWR Wednesday #8

HEY DJT: Mr.Bee Wednesday #5

Smooth as silk. ornotna Wednesday #6

Coffee in one hand... other hand in pocket. IcyPeas Wednesday #22

and his brilliant photographer didn't step into a security trip MadameButterfly Yesterday #34

My heart hurts Lulu KC Wednesday #7

What a mensch. greatauntoftriplets Wednesday #9

He rode an escalator like he had done it all his life rurallib Wednesday #10

Nice tie, by the way . . . NBachers Wednesday #11

Because of this putz trump Johnny Noshoes Wednesday #17

I have a closet full of red hats I can never wear again. louis-t Yesterday #37

LOL LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #12

I would have given everything... llmart Wednesday #13

I suspect...... SergeStorms Wednesday #14

My thoughts exactly. Trumpledick weighs at least twice as much as Obama. appleannie1 Wednesday #15

Melanoma doesn't weigh that much..... SergeStorms Wednesday #20

That was my first thought, too! Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #31

They have determined that Trump's photographer stepped back and hit a safety device MadameButterfly Yesterday #35

Always so classy! Totally Tunsie Wednesday #16

trump fails to realize that the same will happen if he steps on the stairway to heaven. C Moon Wednesday #18

So bad of Pete. I got a lovely laugh. Thanks. Biophilic Wednesday #19

i miss him. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #21

2 funny comments under the Pete Souza/Obama photo... IcyPeas Wednesday #23

Yeah, Obama would have taken it in stride, made a joke, made a positive story out of it MadameButterfly Yesterday #36

I liked -- I think it was Colbert's joke last night -- that all the escalators in NYC got together to fierywoman Wednesday #24

Yup, that was Colbert! Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #32

OMG I love him. n/t evemac Wednesday #25

BOOM Faux pas Wednesday #26

Like a boss!!! tulipsandroses Wednesday #27

looking.....PRESIDENTIAL Skittles Wednesday #28

Now, there's a President. Joinfortmill Wednesday #29

No Drama Obama Bayard Yesterday #30

Obama has always been extremely popular in other countries Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #33