Five years ago this Monday, Barack Obama was re-elected president of the United States. Now, with Donald Trump in the White House, the moment had certain people filled with a unique and aching nostalgia.
Indeed, you’ve probably seen an uptick of posts on Facebook and Twitter commemorating the anniversary and wistfully reminiscing about what it was like to have a president who could formulate a coherent policy objective (or a coherent sentence, for that matter).
Author J.K. Rowling was among those who, with a heavy heart, tweeted about how times have changed. “People keep retweeting these Obama anniversary tweets into my timeline and it’s like stumbling on pictures of the ex who broke your heart,” she wrote.
People keep retweeting these Obama anniversary tweets into my timeline and it's like stumbling on pictures of the ex who broke your heart. https://t.co/fmzZqg5HO8
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 6, 2017
#PresidentObama is the one great guy that was treated like crap for 8 years, did what he could to make the relationship work & left.
— Lucy Sharvet 🎨🖊 (@lucysharvet) November 6, 2017
Some took it a step further:
More like the ex who was perfect and you ruined I️t.
— Shauna JeAnne (@ShaunaJPrentice) November 6, 2017
And the GIFs were just too real:
I'm fine…no really, I'm ok 😭 pic.twitter.com/RkuyUiEgcm
— Tshego Khunou 🧚🏾♀️ (@xoxo_Tee) November 6, 2017
Others provided a harsh reality check:
technically y'all broke his heart by voting trump 🙄
— David (@i_am_karchies) November 6, 2017
But as always, the haters joined the thread too:
— Random Redhead (@power_gingy) November 6, 2017
While some thought Rowling shouldn’t even bring up the issue, as she neither lives in the U.S. nor is a U.S. citizen, most took her side.
Remember him & Michelle getting into that helicopter & flying away. It was like being left alone with evil babysitters. Heart breaking
— Fee Mags (@Fiona1404) November 6, 2017
Ice cream sales around the world skyrocketing. We're all right there with you xo
— Brandon Marino (@TheBatMarino) November 6, 2017
