"I mean, I'm always offended when my wife and kids get dragged into things, because they didn't choose this. That's a line that even people whose politics I deeply reject, I would expect them to care about."
"I mean, I'm a fair target in the sense of, yeah, you can feel free to pick on me, because I'm your own size. But, you know, as I'm traveling around the country, as you're traveling around the country, you meet people. They still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness."
"There doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum. And a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? So that's been lost."
Barack Obama addressed the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's AI-generated image depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes, which was criticized as racist. He stated that while he does not take such attacks personally, he is offended when his family is involved. Obama expressed greater concern over the Trump administration's use of social media to trivialize serious issues like war and death. He emphasized the need for decency and respect in public discourse, lamenting the loss of decorum in political communication.
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