We've got bigger things to worry about, people.
Update: This post was originally written in 2018. It's now been five whole years since the tan suit. The world has changed in that year. But when it comes to how ridiculous the controversy looks in hindsight, well, nothing's changed at all.
Yes, the suit was ill-fitting and in a shade of tan that makes me want to take a nap. But with 20/20 hindsight, the public outcry was beyond bizarre. People were actually calling it unpresidential! New York Rep. Peter King went so far as to say that Obama's tan suit meant that he didn't care about national security threats. Even Esquire had some harsh commentary.
At this point, the common refrain of,"Can you imagine if Obama did this?" comes up so frequently during the Trump era that it just sounds like white noise. But that the tan suit is one of Obama's most memorable controversies speaks volumes about how much we expected of him while he was in office. The amount of chaos Trump has caused since becoming president is so egregious that his overly long ties and poorly tailored suits are the absolute least of anyone's worries.
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