Why Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history

One of President Obama's keystone legislations, the Affordable Care Act, has created a contentious legacy even among those who benefit from it. We traveled to Kentucky, to speak directly with Obamacare recipients planning to vote for Donald Trump: bit.ly/2Foh6pd

funny of you to assume that i know what consequential means edit u guys r weird getting this mad over a joke i made a year ago

VOX : Obama is consequential. Comments : Trump is orange.

The best thing about Trump is that "A generation of oranges are going to grow up knowing they can be president too"

The mystery has been solved: Obama's last name is Care.

I hate people who say Obama didn't change anything.

And now we have our first orange president

That photo of the child touching President Obama’s head is one of the greatest things to have ever come out of American politics. Regardless of political standpoint and personal beliefs, that is one of the most hopeful and impactful pictures. Dare I say, one of the most truly American photos.

As an outsider I would say Obama is the only US President that we respect the most. Actually the one and only we love about America. America was trusted again for that 8 years. Trump crushes all that in just a second.

That's beautiful "A generation of black kids are going to grow up knowing they can be the president."

i wonder how Obama would’ve handled this pandemic

Vox skipped his drone operations

POV: Your looking through the comments for someone to argue with.

This is so well produced. I mean, I know Vox has cash, but the stylizing from 1:00 to 1:20 is so phenomenal. And the jazz drums behind it work so freaking well. Give your art department a high five. Seriously.

I miss him. And he wasn’t even my president.

Man I'm gonna miss him, even if he wasn't my president

3:00 It's not cheesy at all😭 omg it's so heart warmin

I'm from Canada, but one of my most intense childhood memories is when we gathered in the library in 8th grade to watch the first black president, Obama do his victory speech after winning his first election. It was amazing.

Politics aside, it was great having a president who’s vocabulary went beyond “fake” and “wall”

I also believe Obama's presidency to be one of the most consequential not just for what he did in his 8 year tenure but for what has come from it: Both Trump and Biden are directly linked to the Obama presidency in some way, Trump got in dramatically after that joke Obama made at the correspondents' dinner (although we all know he got in because of his taxes), but in his presidency he made his task to basically try and erase as many accomplishments Obama had made and Biden, being Obama's VP got in as a response to Trump's mishandling of the Charlottesville rally and promises to build on what Obama has already estabilished, primarily the ACA, expanding it to include a public option. In a way, Obama has been shaping the White House ever since he got in and has never truly left.