Inside Obama's Presidency (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

As Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term, FRONTLINE took a probing look at the first four years of his presidency. (Aired 2013)
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From President Barack Obama’s battles with Republican opponents over health care and the economy, to his dramatic expansion of targeted killings of enemies abroad, “Inside Obama’s Presidency” examined the 44th U.S. president’s key decisions and experiences during his first term - and how they might inform his second.
“Inside Obama’s Presidency” was a FRONTLINE Production with the Kirk Documentary Group. The director was Michael Kirk. The writers were Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser. The producers were Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore and Mike Wiser. The reporter was Jim Gilmore. The deputy executive producer of FRONTLINE was Raney Aronson-Rath. The executive producer of FRONTLINE was David Fanning.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue - 00:00
Barack Obama Wins 2008 Election and Inherits A Financial Crisis - 00:50
In 2009, Republicans Develop Plan to Oppose Obama’s Initiatives - 04:06
In 2009, Financial Reform Slips Away - 12:55
The Obama Administration and the Price of Health Care Reform - 27:16
Obama’s Covert War: Targeted Killings in the “War on Terror” - 35:17
2011 Compromise on National Debt Creates ‘Fiscal Cliff’ - 40:03
49:08 - Obama Returns to 2012 Presidential Campaign Trail ‘Changed’
Credits - 51:57

[@williamgregory1848]

Obama: “We’re going to change America!” Republicans: “No tf you’re not.”

[@barbarajohansson6361]

and he did...end of this beautiful country..

[@gunitkjkp470]

He changed it from bad to worse. What a looser!

[@Urxryzudzruzzrirzruzuztutzitz]

​@@gunitkjkp470 What did he do wrong?

[@cjvaye99]

Obama: but I want to pass your policies Republicans: so? 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@brendagray9601]

​@@UrxryzudzruzzrirzruzuztutzitzNothing, It's Just The Color Of His Skin 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@lovelyplus3977]

President Obama came into the white house optimistic, but he did not realize that his mere existence was a challenge to the opposing side. I also think that it is weird that Obama is blamed for the lack of bipartisanship when it was the republicans that said they were against almost everything.

[@DDd-gm8uz]

Obama's political legacy is a house of cards built from the perception management of the politically disengaged mainstream. Obama is a war criminal, and he will never be safe in a crowd.

[@re4477]

Yep. From the start there were those in the GOP that were determined to let Obama know "his place".

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Waaah. That's politics.

[@johnmp7419]

​@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 wahh you sound racist

[@Brianbeesandbikes]

​@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 What's politics is as this documentary reveals is a history of elites owning a two-party system to sheepdog Americans into fighting each other rather than the elites that rob funds, social and political power from We the People. Theft at both domestic and global levels using militarism and financial extortion. Unite liberals, independents and leftists to replace u$a's elites with the socialistic models of public ownership of utilities, core businesses; worker ownership of large corporations, expelling private monies from politics. Make reparations to correct a history of theft of domestic communities and nations u$a has exploited. That's fulfilling the representative govt dreamed of / conceived of by the best thinkers of the day. Corporations are the new church ... and both serve elitism, which destroys everything it touches.

[@thatoneguy7715]

Obama: "Hey guys, I might be a Democrat, but our country is in a actual serious crisis, so I put a gift together for it, with almost half of it for you guys. It will really help our countries economy be jump-started from its near death state.We should work together, we're all Americans here." Republicans: "No."

[@jdenino6022]

They hated him bc he’s black.

[@thecanadiancaribou]

He approved spying on his own citizens. Talk about a corrupt messed up person. He could have done big things, but instead be spied on his own citizens. Snowden exposed him, and people forgot a Democrat oversaw and sppeovedt his

[@blessnorthamerica7919]

@@jdenino6022 Heart broken 💔 for him . Is it the reason why he vent his anger into killing Bin Laden?

[@skip031890]

​​@@jdenino6022 Keep telling yourself that. You people are just broken records at this point. And he's not even black. He's half white. 🙄

[@samkelisiwemasondo8357]

​@@skip031890he might have a black father and a white mother. He is still black.

[@EuryArum]

Can they say yes to anything..I felt that 😂

[@andihutson8512]

They did him soooo dirty. They did all of us dirty. They're just dirty, as we now can clearly see.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

"They" meaning Republicans? Don't limit yourself. ALL politicians do us dirty by refusing to fix a broken system.

[@miamijefe7793]

He started so many wars. And new presidents inherit the wars for years

[@jeanettecameron7530]

I know. So lucky Trump exposed all that dirt.

[@sidali2590]

@@jeanettecameron7530trump was dirt himself

[@rah6677]

Trump is part of the dirt!

[@va2347]

Obama's presidency and the situation with the Republican Congress is a scary reassurance that political difference still lies strong, and parties will put politics before people without question in a heartbeat

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

It's NEVER about people. Nor is it about ideals, it's about power and/or money.

[@jimparsons9454]

Party over country

[@Euclides287]

Yep. We saw the exact same thing with Democrats when Trump became president. Both parties suck!

[@richieporter5124]

📠📠📠

[@rodneyadderton1077]

The government has become a corporation.

[@Notimp0rtant523]

Thanks PBS for making these available free and to the public online

[@ttacking_you]

That's a truth that rings forth, like the mystical incantations of the Q shaman on the senate chamber floor!

[@Smokedship]

Despite all this backlash, Obama always handled it all with class...

[@darkfx3208]

And deception.

[@psu23sg]

Yeah lower class

[@tristan7844]

He was all class

[@gunitkjkp470]

Classy deception. He is a Judas. Says things in a nice way which do not make sense! Gog and gay gangster!

[@lamontpearce170]

😢😢

[@MeeCee5204]

Politics is a nasty business. Not many make it out alive.

[@BlurryBigfoot]

The vast majority make it out alive. They die at ripe old ages all the time. hahahaha

[@MeeCee5204]

@BlurryBigfoot true, they are alive, but their integrity is dead

[@sylvesterscott4229]

You not getting involved makes it a nasty business.

[@muhammadmustafa2946]

The town is tough!

[@retrospecative2454]

They make it out rich

[@giovannibautista2515]

Regardless of your political preference, you must admit that FRONTLINE’s documentaries are amazing

[@John.Flower.Productions]

Regardless of your political preference, you must admit that a majority of the $450,000,000+ (taxpayer funds) that PBS received in 2022, came from the very people that this type of pseudo-socialist propaganda is weaponized against. PBS/FRONTLINE/NPR/Et cetera should have been defunded decades ago.

[@terrypuls4576]

Amazingly bias and left!

[@MRNASCARFAN25]

They are liberals

[@000R]

Yes

[@JohnCamery]

Propaganda and disinformation courtesy of British Intelligence designed to subvert America’s political process.

[@vocalizeAI]

Thank god we had Obama during this period. He navigated that recession with intelligence, courage and leadership, to fix the mess that the previous republican administration had created.

[@twinkletoes48100]

I so miss this intelligent principled leader and his articulate manner of interacting with us as a country. Thank you Obama for your family circle, your historical advancement on an international level and outstanding humor. My gratitude is deep.

[@kathleenlovett1958]

Please do a little research on your own. Look into everything for yourself and do not allow the MSM or anyone else to tell you what you think. I was duped too; WAS. Find out the true identity of his close friend/associate, Michael (aka Big Mike).

[@chawlwin479]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

As an American citizen, I thank you for your comment.

[@kirkhotopp2522]

Thomas Jefferson said it BEST 'EVERY GENERATION NEEDS A REVOLUTION' America grew from The ASHES of Revolution to The ASHES of POLITICS there is calm before every storm !!! Barack Obama said it best "shall stand with ISLAM even if the WINDS of POLITICS shift in an ugly direction" !!!

[@harrycee656]

Our government leaders are here for who? The people they represent? Not when they start out "NO" regardless of what is presented.

[@blackout07blue]

Obama, Republicans, and establishment democrats are only here for the Big Money donors and corporate lobbyists. They’re bought & owned.

[@enuary]

What is this supposed to mean?

[@enuary]

Okay my bad you're referring to John Boehner going full mr. "no" to everything

[@bryansmith8646]

​@enuary yes. Then he got chased out of his own party for not being conservative enough.

[@zmc33]

@@enuary dismiss it. communists are not smart people. just selfish.

[@uiolax1967]

While the two parties do not get things done, the people get screwed.

[@seungleekim167]

Just missing one word: "together."

[@peacefulliberal5641]

Thanks to bribery from corporations to our Congress and Senate.

[@Mark-gg6iy]

I suggest you review the monumental legislation passed during the Obama and Biden administrations. Tens of millions of recipients of healthcare disagree with you.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

​@@Mark-gg6iy You know we are in trouble when we depend on the government for healthcare.

[@brucelee4996]

​@@jakebredthauer5100Lots of countries, people rely on their government for healthcare. They are pretty successful. Your point wasn't that good.

[@Jonathan_Jo13]

Will there be a part two of this ?

[@Captainensano99]

Part 2 is : America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump ..

[@elfuturomio]

Their was and look what happened to the Country ⁉️🤣👎

[@sophiaking8196]

Successful people don't become that way overnight. most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

[@alaskanhermit8863]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by FRONTLINE PBS is truly a gift. 👏👏👏 By the way, may I also remind you the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shocking sad truth. 😔 In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people. Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 😔

[@steveniksid5874]

Believe me when I say that it's not free.

[@muhammadmustafa2946]

@@steveniksid5874 ? I'm watching it for free right now dude

[@Scorch428]

actual journalism wow.

[@steveniksid5874]

@@muhammadmustafa2946 C'mon Man it's paid for by the federal government. You're welcome.

[@John.Flower.Productions]

PBS received *$450,000,000+* of taxpayer funds in 2022. Of course, everything in life is _truly a gift_ to the 100,000,000+ people in this nation that will never have to contribute a dime to PBS or anything else. You are not actually welcome but giving thanks to the correct people would be the proper thing to do.

[@WarRior-rn4kb]

6:30 "The brightest mind of the republican party debated on how to be relevant." They found the solution in Donald Trump. Their worst nightmare.

[@odetteredd4763]

A crook that 90% of them support.

[@georgeo785]

Well most of us knew that baraak insane obaalim sotoros traitor 44 is an American hating communist. He fooled a lot of weak minded people. Reminds me of the devil the great deceiver

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

Yes, they created the Trumpenstein monster and now fear for their lives if they tell the truth about the wanna be dictator, Donald Trump.

[@yvonneachieng7257]

We need part 2

[@Wiseman84982]

I don’t care what anyone said this man was handed a straight up shit show of an economy and he handled it with class

[@Lovelife-lw7fy]

How ? He destroyed Libya, caused ISIS to become powerful by destroying Libya which gave USIS the route to go through Libya and spread all over the world . Signed a nuclear deal with Iran which enriched the hardliners and caused death and destruction in Yemen , Syria . Go read and do your research

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

Completely agree

[@jonathanmouton1457]

Lies

[@waleedkhalid7486]

I was a teenager during Obama’s tenure. I remember hearing his ideas on healthcare and thinking “why are people booing this?” “Why are people hating this?”. Obama did make some major mistakes during his time, he should have gathered from the first meeting with Republicans that they were corrupted by partisanship and would simply oppose him out of greed rather than principal. He should have walked out of that meeting and made it about how he presented his plan, but they didn’t even want to listen to it to help the American public. He should have been tough on the banks after the bonus fiascos. I respect the man for trying to work with people, but unfortunately people did not want to work with him. And from his presidency, the Republican Party learned that the best thing for themselves (not the American people) was to stonewall everything, yell the loudest, and throw tantrums to get what they want. Hell, the ACA is still here today because most Americans can’t survive without it- and it’s gutted compared to its original scope! Remember when the Republicans said that no God-fearing American would stand by a socialist institution? When they have, and they love it. The Republican Party is not the party of conservative idealism, it’s the party of crony political and capitalist families that wish to rule for the sake of ruling rather than helping this country be the best it can be.

[@htimsxam]

Amen, brother. I was an idealistic twelve year old on the night he was first elected. Almost 27 now and couldn’t be more disappointed with the way things have gone. I think Obama is undeniably one of our better (best) presidents, but sadly he-at no fault of his own, I should say-paved the way for Trump and the mess we’re in now.

[@blinkzone1]

100% agree with your comment

[@John.Flower.Productions]

_“why are people booing this?” “Why are people hating this?”_ *People do not appreciate having to work, so people who do not work, can have the things that they cannot afford for themselves.*

[@blinkzone1]

@@John.Flower.Productions Trying saying that to the women who work @ Onlyfans

[@shashwattomar]

Great comment…glad to see people with compassion and reason amidst all the insanity of maga trump supporters.

[@Xsetsu]

Thank you again PBS and Frontline for uploading this.

[@muhammadmustafa2946]

God bless PBS and Frontline

[@John.Flower.Productions]

PBS received *$450,000,000+* of taxpayer funds in 2022. The majority of that money came from people who are not wannabe socialists, with not a single dime coming from welfare recipients. You should be thanking the Republican voters of this country, who are forced to fund this Democrat propaganda.

[@perezcross2785]

Can't believe I missed the first go round of this program. I think my distaste for politics and its reporting filtered out this lookback. But there is nothing like hindsight and a Frontline report.

[@ArtstradaMagazine]

Brilliant helmsmanship. Masterclass

[@blessingkmalata]

This is the best KZbin channel for documentaries. Thank you

[@Black_CoreyNFin]

Wait it just ends at the start of the 2nd term? Dude finish the documentary! You can just post this in 2023 with no context. He got 4 more years and we need 50 more minutes!

[@blinkzone1]

I agree but the episode aired back in 2013

[@meshackmuli2809]

The context is it aired in 2013

[@chadsmith9275]

You really want to recap that mess.

[@nnakoematete3991]

The sheer level of output combined by quality journalism makes FRONTLINE quite formidable

[@user-fw1qd6vt6y]

رائع

[@johngreen6421]

The federal government should not help the private banking sector for all the scandalous acts of handing out bonuses without proof of them deserving it. If they fail, let them fail. Go to a federal credit union if you cannot trust the private banking sector who use your money for their political manipulations. Cut them off.

[@richardwilliams323]

I agree 100% but banks will follow the lead of the US Goverment IE printing money that doesnt exist!!!!!! End result is sky high inflation. Only reason we are currently not in a recession is defense contractors producing weapons and ammunition being used to defend ukraine.

[@johngreen6421]

@@elmastro-ye9lw Big banks that fail knew what they were doing and they do not deserve and more help. They should did all the wrong things over and over again. Let them fair. People should stop banking with those banks if they know they cannot pay them back. Its a scandal that needs to stop. Tax payers money is not there to bail out banks who do not have the security insurance to cover the loses of their own doing. Tough. People need to stop banking with the private bank sector. All of them have done scandalous acts and got away with it. NO MORE. TOUGH SHIT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. Its not the government's job to keep bailing out the private banking sector. Now it is worse, because JP Morgan the most notorious for corrupt banking practices now owes most of those failing banks and it is becoming a monopoly for JP Morgan gets no remorse and no help from our tax revenue. That is not the governments responsibility to keep feeding money into the private sector no more. They abuse their own protocols and they deserve nothing.

[@johngreen6421]

@@elmastro-ye9lw Credit Unions play by the rules and are safer than the private banking sector who take great risk with your money that you'll have a hard time to recover your money they lost and they know that and do it all the time with taking the great risk and gambling with ones money that they have in the back that the private banks do not any security insurance to cover their risky business of loaning money to corporations who borrow way too much money and they loose from the banks actions and gambling on loans.

[@jjdelany8130]

What your asking for is the equivalent of dropping an economic nuke, world wide

[@johngreen6421]

@jjdelany8130 banks developed what they get when they are scandalous over, over and over, again doing shady scams,on loans that fail and cause a shutdown. No one is above the law. Bank can't scare me and the rest of the rest of the nation.

[@SeanCarrington]

I'm a very simple person. I see a PBS FRONTLINE Documentary, I watch it

[@John.Flower.Productions]

That would be indicative of a person who is quite simple.

[@ogathingo8885]

@@alysiawilliams2139one should prefer simple with commonsences than empty headed arrogante…

[@martinc.720]

So simple that you have to use a template seen thousands of times before rather than leaving your own comment.

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

watch less far less US mainstream media.

[@cmaurice9133]

I was a non beliver for many years. But he pulled off the impossible. Congrats Mr. President Obama in keeping the country intact and prosperity. 🎉🎉❤😊

[@dakawans83]

There's your American writing standards.

[@phoneyjoe]

Is there an updated version of this documentary, since he served two terms?

[@hK_Ultra_]

Frontline had a great documentary called “battle zones: Ukraine and Syria” from 2014 that did a great job of explaining the beginning of the war in Donbas and crisis in Ukraine during the Obama years.

[@Jin420]

How did I miss this?? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Frontline --- thank you for all of these documentaries ❤❤

[@John.Flower.Productions]

You should be thanking the people that are forced to fund this leftwing propaganda. PBS received *$450,000,000+* of taxpayer funds in 2022; the majority of which came from people who are not wannabe socialists and none of which came from welfare recipients. You are not actually welcome but giving thanks to the correct people would be the proper thing to do.

[@crispinpua3148]

😅

[@matthewsmith5374]

This originally aired in 2013 hence why it only covers his first term. They regularly rerelease their past documentaries which makes for a nice retrospective.

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

Some people out there would wish that you shouldn't have watched it and you should have missed it. Anyone who shows praise gets attacked by those distrustful to the government and/or are trying to silence NPR and PBS. But in this sense.. mmmm i think I've landed in one of these best documentary channels ever, to have people across the world know about current and old events it covered.

[@tomreed3752]

@@matthewsmith5374jjj

[@Arcenia13]

Thank you Frontline!

[@openeverydoor]

It's so wonderful they all have time to debate, discuss, and come away without any solutions, maybe reconvene at a later date, while the citizens of this country are going down in flames.

[@sementhrower9161]

Frontline always has the best documentaries

[@muhammadmustafa2946]

Fact!

[@muhammadmustafa2946]

@@John.Flower.Productions lol keep coping trump supporter

[@adamhassan9103]

@@John.Flower.ProductionsTHANKYOUU!!!!!!

[@user-mj4lj4wr9f]

factsss

[@lukeboyer4071]

Fr

[@NealX_Gaming]

"There's a polarizing quality about Obama" Me internally: _yeah, he has some melanin in his skin_

[@Xsetsu]

Yeah, I couldn't help but notice it as well.

[@reggaemarley4617]

The guy was naive and idealistic enough that anyone who actually cared about the American people could step up and gain the support of one of the most powerful people in the nation. And what happened? We saw a bunch of scumbags take advantage and fall in line. Politics in America is not about policy. It's about manipulation and power. It is a disgrace.

[@WinterSoldier37]

They went out of their way to avoid mentioning that factor, while highlighting all the anger and resentment against him

[@minisnape]

@@WinterSoldier37Yup, halfway through and very irritated how they are really avoiding stating the obvious.

[@uc7953]

Or it could be his regime toppling campaign in Northern Africa and the middle east causing the refugee crisis. Or expanding the drone striking program while loosening the requirements for a strike. Or it could be the expansion of the patriot act and unconstitutional spying on Americans. Or supplying weapons to the cartels in Mexico. etc. But yea it must just be because he was black.

[@jaywantiupadhyaya7931]

Smart and Successful

[@BudzBunny422]

With all his faults, I miss him as president. America felt proud with him in office.

[@clepsidra44]

Yes.

[@felixthecat580]

Dignity. Class. Mutual respect and not acting like a child. Not even mentioning politics.

[@anggipermanaharianja6122]

8 YEARS OF WAR IS DIGNITY?

[@oddvardmyrnes9040]

Pardon me, but where do you live? La - La land?

[@eara8426]

@@oddvardmyrnes9040😂😂😂

[@theforgottenson0916]

Yeah, so polite playing golf while Americans were being beheaded by ISIS on the Beach, or the cash for clunkers pushing people into buying cars they couldn't afford, running guns through to the Mexican cartel (Fast and Furious), murdering innocent civilian

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

The only reason you say that is because you are too scared/lazy to think for yourself. ‘How sad!”@@oddvardmyrnes9040

[@GAB8407]

As an adult, I knew, personally, that when I no longer had job healthcare benefits the AFFORDABLE CARE ACT saved my life! Otherwise, I would have been denied healthcare coverage individually when I HAVE TO HAVE IT TO LIVE. That was the first and the last time, though, that I voted democrat and was proud of it. So sad to see how the party has gone so terribly WRONG since.

[@lovelyplus3977]

I was a navigator for the ACA and that was a lot of peoples stories. Even the people that was against Obama were at the table signing up.

[@Pyrrhic.]

@@lovelyplus3977 Well the people who were against Obama, did they know it was Obamacare? haha

[@lovelyplus3977]

@@Pyrrhic. yes. They knew it was the affordable care act. They said they didn’t agree with it but it did help them. I didn’t offer anything besides “oh okay” because it was my job. I didn’t voice any personal opinions just found it interesting

[@dutchdna]

@@alysiawilliams2139 Because they are driven by anger and hate.

[@odetteredd4763]

@@dutchdnaand racist

[@user-fr6fm6gb8x]

Namsakar

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Is there a part two for his second term? I've been watching since the attack in Israel. I started with Netanyahu now im working my way up and i want to see the entire story line. Itd be nice to hear who influenced who during all these times. I know theres more to the story but pbs has done great with their past stories. No biased. It's organized and easy to understand. I want to hear about the possible conspiracies diring all this as well. Very interesting relationship with obama and Netanyahu especially with the money sent for aid.

[@ambition112]

0:04: 📺 Barack Obama is projected to be the next president of the United States, but faces numerous challenges upon taking office. 6:48: 😔 Republicans planned to oppose the Obama Administration's legislative initiatives from the beginning, leading to a lack of cooperation and unity. 12:59: 😡 President Obama meets with bankers and expresses his anger over their bonuses and lack of cooperation on the stimulus bill. 18:53: 😔 President Obama decides to adopt a cautious approach towards reforming Wall Street and does not make any firm demands on the bankers, resulting in outrage from his liberal supporters. 24:06: 😔 President Obama's efforts to pass health care reform and financial regulation face challenges and backlash from Congress and Wall Street. 30:10: 📚 President Obama pushes for health care reform and faces opposition, but ultimately gets the bill passed. 36:58: ✈ President Obama's covert war and the killing of Osama bin Laden. 42:47: 🔀 Obama and Boehner's grand bargain fails, leading to a shift in Obama's messaging and a focus on two ideologies in the country. 49:11: 🗳 President Obama's reelection campaign was more divisive and focused on differences between parties, but he emphasized unity in his victory speech. Recap by Tammy AI

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

Literally, anything just make things harder on himself and everybody.

[@muzamilbwante8328]

My

[@KellyMorgan-pn8gp]

Yess that’s true ❤

[@user-xv8cb7fh9e]

The Bush administration like da fuck you mean. We need it now 🤑😭

[@bajanboss5303]

​@@ROBLOXGamingDavidu people what happened to Obama care that caused so much American people can't get insurance up today millions out insurance because of obomie care u talk about the he proper up what about the people 41k that their lost no fault of theirs the oil spli u remember what he ever done for the everage America thier poor under that man but Americans know what he were up to he is who start the give kids sex exchange them follow by these inmoral people by giving kids drugs to change their identity parents protest their call domestic terrorist and u people talk like he the king king of what sex exchange

[@adriane1031]

Not ONE SCANDAL

[@user-uo4rf4ez8c]

HA! BS! Read the books from Secret Service.. they ALL have serious creepiness.

[@Onetwothreefour.]

Don’t listen to the Russian bots. Not one scandal. Truth

[@Navybyrde]

But...but...he wore a TAN SUIT!😂😂😂

[@brngranny4djt662]

@@Onetwothreefour. You're highly uneducated! The first scandal he was and still is in, is the fact that he never told the other highly uneducated that he was not their 1st Black President! That's a total and #1 scandal in itself!!!

[@ray24051]

The Tan suit!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GayleAllen-RINO]

THANK YOU

[@andyblm5029]

It's 2023 and more AMERICANS have health insurance at affordable prices. Exactly what have the GOP passed into law that help the American people?

[@seniorklass3436]

Not a damn thing.

[@dolienaldoza9586]

The bad side of this move is no one bother for the ordinary people who lost everything. With this bailout banker makes them more richer. No loss at all it's there fault in the first place.

[@captainalazharalyusof2902]

👌✍️The principle of AIR -;are the three word of the most important Word Accountability - Integrity and Responsibilities that effect on individual, company and the any organisasi is so great the beginning of all successful to achived what you want in your life in Malaysian politics system democracy parlimentry dibumi kenegaraan bangsa Malaysia 👍

[@ericmugo8812]

we need a part two of this... good doc as always

[@justonetime112]

Part 2 is happening live now. Big O and Mike in their third term😮

[@billyboy1093]

@@justonetime112 Hell of a lot better than the criminal 3 time loser!

[@yuriykhasidov1626]

It’s all a lie he was just an awful president. He conned you!

[@MRNASCARFAN25]

Of a failed president

[@pattyofurniture]

@@justonetime112 y'all will credit anyone but Biden for Biden's success. Except for MGT, she's doing his campaining for him.

[@bradleywillis1654]

DO A PART 2!!

[@jetta2134]

And may God bless America!

[@MariaTorres-kg8xf]

" we go COURAGEOUSLY "💛📚♡ courage is healthy- BEAUTIFUL$ALWAYS

[@deborahmagana5039]

I have relayed on Frontline for reasonable documentaries with comprehensive information. Keep up the good work 👍.

[@njorogekuria5667]

*relied

[@DavidGreg-mc2lv]

I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and you know God loves us so much,So where are you originally from? I am David originally from Spain but currently living in Texas now.

[@drackkor725]

Yes, thank you Frontline for all your lies :) A great comedy show :)

[@johnduffy865]

@@drackkor725 What lies? You are generally more likely to be believed when you present evidence to support your opinion. Old fashioned, I know.

[@drackkor725]

They never apologized for the Fake Russian interference which was proven wrong and a total lie. @@johnduffy865

[@neilsunn]

Don't think I don't remember: Our President sabotaged from day 1. We lost eight years of what we could have done.

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Yes he was sabotaged constantly.. Bcs in murica some people can't accept anyone else's freedom of choice (except their own oppinion) And anyone who disagrees are tormented & called sheep for some really hypocritical reasons.. In murica old men think it their right to choose & devide what younger unknown women can do with their own bodies.. Want to buy a gun & shoot someone, no problem!! But an abortion on a clueless lump of flem NEVER.. it's somehow someone elses choise to destroy at least 2 lives. When mortality rates for women in childbirth is going up in the US.. like crazy.. That's pro life! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😬😬

[@peanut2us]

This is 2023 and we have lost 23 years of what we all could have done.

[@Ohnothisisbad]

He wasn't sabotaged. The Republicans didn't agree with his policies and didn't support them. Everyone liked Obama so much that they thought he could just charasmatically change conservative minds. He failed. There was never some cynical scheme. People disagree with his positions. They fought them. End of story.

[@jeanettecameron7530]

Thank God.

[@Scorch428]

They need to remove the Electoral College by any means necessary. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Theres no reason that someone from Wyomings vote should count 3x as much as someone from California. We are letting a handful of people in the middle of the country being fed propoganda to makes lives of the majority worse....all so a handful of rich people can add more 0's to their bank account, and take the money off the American worker.

[@user-nd9fo9hd5n]

It is impressive how President Obama's journey transformed the nation for good and for bad. And now, in his role as an elder statesman and billionaire, he still continues to demonstrate his care and willingness to serve people. This documentary is a testament to his commitment and the challenges. Great work PBS.

[@LetsLiveThriving]

Obama isn’t a billionaire. He is a millionaire though estimated at $70 million. 👍

[@theozchannel6253]

He was a disaster, the very worst

[@theozchannel6253]

@@gskgregor for blind people like You I guess he is, facts and numbers and the election of Trump Say otherwise

[@johnduffy865]

He's not a billionaire

[@remrad4315]

​@@theozchannel6253You're probably thinking of that Trump guy. Honestly I can understand all politicians really are the same.

[@JamesVestal-dz5qm]

For all people.

[@MB-gd6be]

What is possibly sad here @29:28 is that if you see the state of the union address these days, it makes that "new low" moment seem like casual pleasantries.

[@bertbaker7067]

You ain't lying

[@munyaradzijani7409]

The racists wouldn't back a black President no matter what. Even when he offered them what they want. What a torrid time it was for President Obama.

[@brngranny4djt662]

And for that he made it a "torrid time" for the U.S. and the World, for that matter! He played a good part in ushering in the NWO! Was real good friends with the bushes of which the old decrepit Sr. bush let us boldly know was coming, whether we liked it or not!! So, yes, Obama gave a "torrid time" right back & enjoyed doing it!!!

[@sherrilynn33]

Where is part two

[@user-lj3vb5gj8z]

และขอบคุณที่เมตตากับเราจริงๆครับ

[@richyr5876]

frontline always coming with the Heat! with these docs.. .🥃

[@luisceja6443]

Thank you PBS. Keep them coming.

[@swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046]

Not always

[@swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046]

Yeah ok he had it 4 years ago. Read GQ. U guys picked him or was told

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

This is old

[@drackkor725]

LOL yes, thank you for all your lies it makes for a great comedy :)

[@davidbabu1]

As a kenyan KId the name Obama is just enough inspiration .Am glad this happened when I could see

[@codyestes6596]

It’s kind of embarrassing to hear that my own party didn’t even wait a night to meet secretly and talk about how to take down the sitting administration. But hey, that’s Washington chicanery I guess.

[@KellyMorgan-pn8gp]

Yess that’s a good idea dear❤

[@abdulaibarrie5458]

good Jobs mr President Obama God bless you and your family

[@russellst.martin4255]

I remember learning about cooperation from Sesame Street, and I was 4.

[@USAIRFORCE621]

I've always been a loyal strong supporter of President Obama both in his eight years as our President and in his post-presidency!! Obama was a man of the people, he knew what America needed and he didn't hesitate for an instant to get done what needed to be done to move our country forward! Along with Carter, Reagan, Clinton, both Bush Sr and Bush Jr and President Biden he will remain one of the finest leaders our country has ever known!!!

[@perrybelcourt5441]

President Joe is a big criminal than Hillary Clinton and in 2023 President Joe is destroying America unions and President Joe is losing Sanders youth voters and independents and leftist KZbin channels and Brazil KZbin channels are against President Joe Biden is a bullshit artist and corrupt corporate media outlets covered up for President Joe and Obama Clinton Pelosi Clyburn told everybody to drop out and back Biden in the primary CNN CNBC ABC MSNBC NBC news bullshit Americans about Biden record and lied about Sanders record Washington post New York times did hit pieces on Sanders campaign Joe Rogan endorsed senator Bernie Sanders but independents not allow to vote in some democratic primary states and Joe Rogan said he would vote for the Republican nominee over President Joe and Joe Rogan has alot of independents watching his channel and Sanders supporters in Texas Florida Arizona Nevada will not vote for President Joe again and maybe he got problems with New Mexico and Hawaii and Sanders is more popular in European countries and Brazil than in America and Vermont is one of the cleanest safest best states in America worldwide news outlets calling Vermont the Scandinavia style state in America and Vermont has alot of guns and Sanders pushed community health care centers in Vermont

[@frankym69]

Lmfao. It was just proven that he forged his birth certificate. 😂 his whole tenure as Pretender in Chief has been redefined. How crooked does it get? Did he have different motives for going after Osama Bin Laden? It's scary to be honest. Also you forgot Donald Trump! Let's Go Brandon!

[@Urxryzudzruzzrirzruzuztutzitz]

Biden?!

[@Urxryzudzruzzrirzruzuztutzitz]

Go watch don't walk run productions on Afghanistan The border Inflation And how biden fd it up.

[@bbalderston125]

I miss hearing President Obama's voice regularly.

[@OhyesSofresh]

How I long for the good ole days😩

[@geoffreygeof8096]

I love Frontline. Great work and very insightful.

[@jaeboogie2786]

Great Man and a great family. I love, thank, and miss them all. I still, even as I watch this program continue to pray for the Obama's. 💙🥹

[@Historico1293]

This video reminds us of the importance of knowing our roots. Well done, and thank you for sharing!

[@christopherswaffi4760]

Exactly. I've been filling my brain with more US political history as I've been taking AP Gov. Our system is very interesting.

[@christopherswaffi4760]

@@elementeight8 cheeseburger Peter sandwich?🧀🤫🤫🤫🙀🙀🥺

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

Remember getting up at 4 AM election day and when we saw the lines on TV, we were like, "time to get out there". The line was long, more people than I ever saw in my life. President Obama is kind of underrated considering we were in financial turmoil and wars our endless wars, and he unfortunately did not do enough for Main Street which has still repercussions, but he did save us from ourselves.

[@Chris-gm4hk]

Let me correct your statement for truthfulness. The first half is okay. "President Obama is overated considering we are in financial turmoil and wars our endless wars, and unfortunately he only did anything for Wall Street which still has repercussions, but he did not save us from ourselves."

[@blackout07blue]

Saved us from ourselves? LMAO. He gave us Donald Trump.

[@blackout07blue]

Lol. Obama failed on everything you gave him credit for. He let ISIS form by leaving Iraq too soon, and he was basically a proxy for the big banks during the financial crisis. And he did so little good stimulus that it held back economic growth for half a decade.

[@itsnotme3882]

Save us from ourselves? I don’t know what you mean. I’m gay, was glad to get marriage rights during his presidency and see myself as an equal. However after 8 years of identity politics I wanted to see moderates in power. Just some politician who could bring both sides back to regularity and agreement over most issues. Instead we got extremism from both front runners. The outcomes of 2016 and 2020 has led to more identity politics and division amongst ourselves. What I wish this country would come back to the middle ground where there isn’t so much division over identity politics. It doesn’t matter who you are when we are one America, united and free in a government by the people of the people and for ALL the citizens as one, indivisible nation with liberty and justice for all. Can we get back to that instead of how many boxes a person checks?

[@ListenHereOldMan]

how did he "save us from ourselves," exactly? That's meaningless. He's overrated by corporate/centrist Dems, ofc underrated by republicans (but genuinely who gives af what they think about anything?), and rated as extraordinarily mid from the progressives he conned into thinking he was gonna help "Main St." How many Wall St/corporate fatcats did he stuff in his admin? Ppl forget that it was Bush who bailed out the banks, he just did it at the end of his term so ppl associated it most w Obama, but he failed to hold any of those ppl accountable, bc everyone in his admin was from Citigroup. He wasn't as bad at anything as any republican would be, and the Iran Deal was fantastic, but it's not saying anything whatsoever to be better than repubs. He squabbled a supermajority, had he not pivoted to the center and tried to get repub voters, but legislated like the progressive he presented as during his campaign, we'd be looking at an entirely difft landscape rn. He was virtually a republican, at least fiscally.

[@BigMacProDaddy]

i miss having a functional adult leading my country

[@ThrasherGnar]

@@thomaswilliams1823traitor

[@witcheshour9718]

I miss trump 2

[@Euclides287]

@@ThrasherGnar I agree. Biden is a traitor for destroying to constitution.

[@samuelirizarry69]

@@ThrasherGnarGive me you address and you’ll know who’s a traitor.

[@TX_BoomSlang]

I miss the days when our president emboldened us to go to the capitol and smear our feces on the walls and assault the law enforcement because we didn't get our way😢

[@rajeshkotha1511]

How nice to put on YT after it aired 10 years ago

[@stephaniestegemann2495]

Since Biden, the 1st world power USA has definitely suffered politically. It is no longer perceived as such. Economically, the United States has acted only egomaniacally over the past 25 years and has in no way borne its international and global responsibility. Only Trump said it. CLinton has given up on Europe and only said that the USA would now devote itself to the Asian market. Only then will a nation lose its position as the 1st economic world power.

[@user-ul2tk2kp7p]

Miss You President Barack Obama 🇺🇸💒🇺🇸 True Class

[@ItsPouring]

I often wonder about how the presidency may or may not have been a pivotal moment for him in his personal development. He must have known and worked with some of those congresspeople that went all in on him for years prior to his presidency, only for many of them to essentially turn on him in a very adversarial way, likely rationalizing that none of it was _"personal"_ when politics is *very personal* - especially when every jab and jeer is public, it is not your hobby, but rather your _career_ and the way you earn your money, maintain your elite status and support your family.

[@georgeo785]

Yes he almost destroyed America but left it up to joe blow to finish

[@ItsPouring]

​@@georgeo785 ​ @georgeo785 ​ You give him far too much credit. The destruction and decline of America started _WAY BEFORE_ either of them. He just continued doing so adopting the traditions of his predecessors already long established

[@georgeo785]

@@ItsPouring Clinton, bushes, barry sotoros the communist and the worst of all ccp joe biden. Works for the cabal

[@johnduffy865]

@@georgeo785 I would love at some point to get some specifics on how Obama almost destroyed America. Which of his policies accomplished this horrifying result? How specifically has America almost been destroyed?

[@shortourt14]

crazy this aired in 2013 and could have been released yesterday...

[@jeanettea.verheul1460]

@thet. Great report. All you wrote is the truth!!

[@rinmulder2008]

I think PBS missed , deliberately or otherwise, an important plot point that was covered in some other documentary. Obama and Boehner almost had a deal done but then a splinter faction of the Republican Party offered Obama a better deal in higher revenue. Obama jumped at it and told Boehner that he had a better deal. This pissed off Boehner

[@blinkzone1]

I would be pissed off too but I guess it was payback for Obama and can't say I blame him. it's kinda like you see a hotter woman than your own gf right? So you drop your old gf for the new one. Better deal.

[@edwright8053]

There has to be a part two..there is so much more I’m sure they didn’t convey..please make a part two frontline you guys are the best!

[@billyboy1093]

They will, they have to cover the 2nd term, patience.

[@georgeo785]

I watch real news and not the liberal media outlets that continue to lie and protect an American hating fraud and communist.

[@kilmer009]

@@billyboy1093 This first aired in 2013. How much time do they need? 😑

[@edwright8053]

@@kilmer009 Thank you!! Some people just want to have something to say I guess!😂

[@stephaniestegemann2495]

His successes as governor were also rare. How can such a person become president?

[@johnduffy865]

Who are you talking about? Obama was never a governor

[@BrunelMogare-vl8to]

Thank you

[@TheUsername217]

First President I ever voted for

[@blackout07blue]

Same here. And I think Trump is glad we did. Made him president.

[@saintzig]

It wasn't Obama. It was Hillary who got trump elected. We didnt want her. They forced her on us. Many of us never thought trump would win so we voted 3rd party or not at all. Whatever though, the sun still rose and we still had to go to work and school and funerals and weddings. Its life.

[@dividedconquered3784]

Me too ❤

[@SicketMog]

First 'Murican war criminal to win the Nobel peace prize?

[@pamelagileno5483]

Same

[@chrisr8717]

Hard to watch because I miss him so much. 😢

[@sidali2590]

So do I but he's got haters

[@nancylee6649]

Some people love to hate everything it seems. Must hate themselves, too .

[@leonardocastellanos5214]

We where all happy, with Jubilee! Congratulations, newly elected President.

[@bobananda4481]

This is great

[@peterreston6478]

Frontline is simply the best.

[@emiliorosa9896]

More videos please

[@johnbarnett6924]

God Speed To Barack and Family ❤ John Barnett aka Dobie.Wan Kanobie revisited 4 October 2023

[@avyarima]

History will remember Obama not by color of his skin, but the content of his character. Wrong or right on decision making, His heart can visibly be seen in the right place. I love that about him

[@nancygaciru2386]

President Obama's leadership proves moving speeches do not make transformative policies. His moving speeches galvanised the nation and propelled the hope for change and progress. His journey from campaigning to governing reveals the complexity of leadership, where soaring rhetoric must be tempered with pragmatism and strategic decision-making. It is one thing to move voters it is another to convince your fellow statemen to serve the nation with transformative policies.

[@gsxMac24]

Did you not watch it? They specifically conspired against him no matter what

[@peanut2us]

The real problems are he is a democrat and he is black. That in no way can defeat Green.

[@ShawnC.W-King]

You can't call them statesman when they stonewalled Obama at every turn.. even when it came to the threat of the government shutting down and the economy on the brink of ruin... Those were the scumbags he had to deal with, with all their self-serving interests, especially no thanks to Lutz the yutz

[@DDd-gm8uz]

Not true, he transformed children into strawberry jam.

[@peanut2us]

@@DDd-gm8uz The truth is the American people did that and once it was done you people want to blame that democrat in office.

[@g.a.mendoza1064]

I was so hopeful when he was elected back in 2008. Two forking terms, he didn’t fix the dysfunctional immigration system.

[@carlosreyes207]

. . . UNLIKE THEM , HE SAW --- WHAT SO FEW IN HIS TIME HAD YET SEEN , THAT THIS FREEDOM WAS THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF ALL . WHATEVER BE THEIR CREED . . .

[@pedroconcepcion563]

Beautiful

[@bryandale7125]

The greatest divider not uniter in US history.

[@neilsunn]

The decisions made when insurance, brokers, savings and loans, and bankers thought they knew best.