A New York Times star columnist has lashed Barack Obama for axing people who helped him to the top from his lavish 60th birthday guest list in favor of A-list stars.
Maureen Dowd branded Obama ‘Barack Antoinette’ – a reference to the out-of-touch renaissance queen – and likened him to Jay Gatsby, the shallow people-pleaser from F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby in her scathing piece, published Saturday.
She highlighted how the former president cut his ex-chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former campaign strategist David Axelrod from the original 600-person guest list, despite both helping him secure his presidential victory.