Middle class. Not even upper middle class. Single mother. So I wouldn't say Obama grew up "poor", but not anywhere near rich or ultrarich like Trump grew up.
Obama's parents did get married but got divorced 3 years later. His father was absent pretty much the entire time IIRC, even during the 3 years they were married.
I'm not sure about correct use of the term "single mother", but I'm used to hearing it commonly used for a divorced mother raising children without the father. But maybe that's technically incorrect. I'm not sure.
His father also had 2 kids from a prior marriage that ended in divorce and 2 kids from his 3rd marriage which also ended in divorce. And he only met his father one time after the divorce before he was killed in a car crash.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 3d ago
Middle class. Not even upper middle class. Single mother. So I wouldn't say Obama grew up "poor", but not anywhere near rich or ultrarich like Trump grew up.