It was kind of. There are two claims: “it's hard to imagine most US presidents deriving joy from music” followed by a specific assertion that Obama doesn’t listen to the playlists they publish.
This at least implies that the speaker counts Obama among those presidents who they can’t imagine deriving joy from music.
Now of course you can say that saying “hard to imagine X” doesn’t mean that “not X” is claimed. Maybe the speaker wants to express that they have aphantasia! If that is your read so be it. Doesn’t sound sensible to me.
This at least implies that the speaker counts Obama among those presidents who they can’t imagine deriving joy from music.
Now of course you can say that saying “hard to imagine X” doesn’t mean that “not X” is claimed. Maybe the speaker wants to express that they have aphantasia! If that is your read so be it. Doesn’t sound sensible to me.
How did you interpret Adraghast’s comment?