Conservatives would usually claim Obama is the “worst president ever”. On the other hand, liberals would claimed he has “done more good for this country than any president before him.” Let's go over some of numbers that best describe Obama and his presidency.
0.5 - Unemployment Rate Decrease
Obama didn't win at a good timing. Just following the 2008 financial crisis, unemployment rate in the US reached 10 percents. On average, during Obama term the rate decreased 0.5 percent on a monthly basis.
1 - Nobel Prize Winner
In 2009 Obama won a Nobel Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” as stated by the Nobel Prize Committee. Obama confirmed this is a controversy selection stating his is the Chief Commander of a nation in the middle of two wars.
1 - Cute Monkey
Obama spent few of his years as a child in Indonesia. During that time he had a pet ape called Tata. He wrote about this experience is his memoir "Dreams from my father".
2 - Daughters
Obama was married once, to Michelle and they gave birth to two daughters, Malia and Natasha. They were only 7 and 10 when Obama was elected President of the US.
2 - Grammy Awards
Yes, Obama won the Grammy. Twice. Both of them were for the 'Best Spoken Word Album'. The first one was in 2006 for his memoir “Dreams from My Father.” In 2008, he won another one for "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.” In case you wonder, Obama is the 3rd president to win a Grammy. Before him Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter also won for the same category.
2 - Portuguese Water Dogs
The Obama family has two Portuguese Water Dogs named Sunny and Bo. According to the American Kennel Club, this dog is not very popular in the USA, ranking only 53rd most popular dog.
3 - Long Years of "Birthers"
"Birthers" are people who claim Obama wasn't born in the USA. A rather famous one is the US President, Donald Trump. At 2007 Obama finally released his birth certificate, following that Donald said "I managed to do something no one managed to do before me".
3 Point Shooter
Obama loves basketball. He says it all the times. He released numerous photos of him playing basketball and shooting 3 points shots. Sport Illustrator writer, Alexander Wolff even published a book
about Obama and Basketball called “The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama.”
6'6" - feet tall
Obama is one of the tallest presidents ever (10th in rank in case you wonder), reaching a total of 6'6" feet tall making even Putin looking small.
7 - Harry Potter Books Read
Obama admitted infront of J.K Rolling he read all 7 books
of Harry Potter series. Wonder if he got to read the latest 8th one.
8 - Years of Era-Ban terminated
Former president George W. Bush signed a 8-years ban on federally funded stem-cell researches. Obama put an end to it through Executive order 13505.
Obama signed a total of 254 Executive orders
during his term.
12 Years - Teach as Professor
During 1992- 2004 Obama was a Professor at the University of Chicago Low School. During those years he also served as State Senator. His graduated low school at Harvard if you wondered.
$21 - Hair cut cost -
Obams is going to the same barber for the past 20 years, paying $21 each time. Zarrif, his famous Chicago-based barber invented the 'Obama Cut'.
27 - When I meet your mama
Obama and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson meet when Obama was 27 years old. Michelle was actually a mentor of Obama during their Associate Summer at the law firm they were working at.
31 - Ice-cream flavors where Obama worked
During the 1970's Obama lived in Hawaii. Obama used to work as ice-cream scooper at the famous 'Baskin-Robbins'. No wonder he doesn't like ice-cream no more.
47 - When he became a President
Obama is the 5th youngest President, aged only 47 during the time of his inauguration in January 2009. Want to know who's the oldest? You guessed right - Donald Trump.
54 - Osama age when he died
In 2011 the CIA finally killed Osama Bin Laden, aged 54 at that time. Obama was quoted that the operation was “testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.”
90 - Miles form Cube to USA
1961, the cold war - USA and Cube relations were severed. Up until 2009 there was no change in the policy, until Obama facilitated the Re-establishment of Relations with Cuba. According to the White-House, the countries will commit to 'improve human rights conditions and democratic reforms in Cuba."
147 - Detained Guantanamo Prisoners
147 detained prisoners at Guantanamo prison were transferred during Obama term, staring March 2016. 91 detained are still held in the prison.
372 - Drone Strikes
In Pakistan only, starting 2009, the US stroke 372 times using drones
. There were also over 100 drone strikes in Yemen and few dozens in Somalia according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
21,000 - Troops sent to Afghanistan
Soon after Obama started his presidency he sent 21K troops to Afghanistan. This was the beginning of the yet-to-be-over surge in Afghanistan. While Obama still plans the withdrawal, it has been pushed-back numerous times and and currently scheduled to end at late 2017.
