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riversedge

(70,413 posts) Sat Apr 27, 2024, 06:15 PM Apr 27

😉 With the WH Correspondents Dinner coming up tonight, I will show you a blast: Obama roasts #Trump

Gosh, I had not seen this in a LONG time. Love it!!

😉
With the white house Correspondents Dinner coming up tonight, I will show you a blast from the past
Correspondents Dinner that made Trump cry.

Weak Trump held a grudge over this for years.
Obama roast Trump at white house Correspondents Dinner. 🤣👇👇👇

Link to tweet

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😉 With the WH Correspondents Dinner coming up tonight, I will show you a blast: Obama roasts #Trump (Original Post) riversedge Apr 27 OP

I heard it said that this moment is what spurred Trump to definitively run for President ColinC Apr 27 #1

That's what I heard as well PatSeg Apr 27 #8

It's amazing how just a few jokes can impact the trajectory of history ColinC Apr 27 #9

Especially when the subject PatSeg Apr 27 #12

You could just about see the steam coming out of his ears. 3catwoman3 Apr 27 #2

But those jokes weren't all that pointed. calimary Apr 27 #11

He looks young there don't he?? a kennedy Apr 27 #3

I hope Dark Brandon makes an appearance at The White House Correspondents Dinner like he did last year! LetMyPeopleVote Apr 27 #4

Don't forget this happened while they were taking out Bin Laden tinrobot Apr 27 #5

Great minds...I just wrote the same thing! BigmanPigman Apr 27 #7

And Bin Laden was being killed at same time but Obama BigmanPigman Apr 27 #6

Just imagine the "roast" trump will hold if he becomes "dictator for a day" erronis Apr 27 #10

ColinC

(8,347 posts)

1. I heard it said that this moment is what spurred Trump to definitively run for President

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 06:24 PM

Apr 27

I wonder 🤔

PatSeg

(47,711 posts)

8. That's what I heard as well

Reply to ColinC (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 08:53 PM

Apr 27

He had toyed with the idea off and on over the years, but that could have been the defining moment when he decided for sure. Revenge - so Trumpian.

ColinC

(8,347 posts)

9. It's amazing how just a few jokes can impact the trajectory of history

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:16 PM

Apr 27

PatSeg

(47,711 posts)

12. Especially when the subject

Reply to ColinC (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:25 PM

Apr 27

of the jokes has legendary thin skin.

I think it was probably inevitable that Trump would end up wreaking havoc on the world, especially with someone like Putin grooming him for many years. Trump was probably looking for an excuse to run and if it hadn't been Obama's jokes, it would have been something else.

3catwoman3

(24,088 posts)

2. You could just about see the steam coming out of his ears.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 07:07 PM

Apr 27

Out of his "wherever..."

calimary

(81,562 posts)

11. But those jokes weren't all that pointed.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:18 PM

Apr 27

REALLY tame compared to what comedians are dishing out now.

a kennedy

(29,753 posts)

3. He looks young there don't he??

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 07:09 PM

Apr 27

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,794 posts)

4. I hope Dark Brandon makes an appearance at The White House Correspondents Dinner like he did last year!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 07:31 PM

Apr 27

Link to tweet

tinrobot

(10,927 posts)

5. Don't forget this happened while they were taking out Bin Laden

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 07:37 PM

Apr 27

So, basically, Obama took out Trump and Bin Laden on the same night.

Masterful.

BigmanPigman

(51,649 posts)

7. Great minds...I just wrote the same thing!

Reply to tinrobot (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 07:42 PM

Apr 27

BigmanPigman

(51,649 posts)

6. And Bin Laden was being killed at same time but Obama

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 07:41 PM

Apr 27

was so cool you'd never know anything else was going on during the Corr. Dinner. Very impressive.

erronis

(15,428 posts)

10. Just imagine the "roast" trump will hold if he becomes "dictator for a day"

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 09:16 PM

Apr 27

The press corps? All corpses.

All those non-repulicon black-tie personalities? In "re-education camps"

No need for any congress or justice. Executive Order #352581 - Off With Their Heads

Military reports to new Unified Command, conveniently located in Moscow.

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