Brexit, the EU election, and nostalgia for Obama’s don’t-do-stupid-stuff motto

Sure, people laughed when Barack Obama’s White House operating principle was revealed. Apparently, it needs to be revived and repeated. Over and over again.

Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage, pictured in 2018, is campaigning ahead of European parliamentary elections this week. Polls show his party has been outpacing its competitors.Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

May 22, 2019

While it may not be the most sensational story about what exiting presidents have left the White House with, Barack Obama sauntering out with the *needlepoint Oval Office throw pillow that bore the motto “Don’t do Stupid Shit” under his arm may be the most consequential. (Note to readers: Whi...

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