WASHINGTON, U.S.A - With Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman in attendance, President Barack Obama used the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner to mock the reality TV star's presidential ambitions. The president said Trump has shown the acumen of a future president, from firing Gary Busey on a recent episode of Celebrity Apprentice to focusing so much time on conspiracy theories about Obama's birthplace.
Obama exacted his revenge on after weeks of attacks from his would-be Republican challenger Donald Trump, joking that the billionaire could bring change to the White House, transforming it from a stately mansion into a tacky casino with a whirlpool in the garden.- After a week when Obama released his long-form Hawaii birth certificate, he said Trump could now focus on the serious issues, from whether the moon landing actually happened to "where are Biggie and Tupac?"
For Trump's decision to fire actor Busey(photo left) instead of rock singer Meat Loaf from his TV show earlier this month, Obama quipped: "These are the types of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir."And then, as a coup de grace, Obama showed a screen with his vision of how Trump could bring change to the White House. ‘Trump' was prominently displayed in glittery letters and girls could be seen with cocktails on a Jacuzzi-augmented front lawn.
Obama's presentation started after the wrestler Hulk Hogan's patriotic anthem, Real American, played. Images of Americana from Mount Rushmore to Uncle Sam were shown on the screen, alongside his birth certificate. And then he offered to show his live birth video, which turned out to be a clip from the Disney film The Lion King.
Trump chuckled at some of the earlier jokes, but was clearly less amused as comedian Seth Meyers picked up where Obama left off."Donald Trump often talks about running as a Republican, which is surprising," said the Saturday Night Live actor, entrusted with providing some of the comedy for the evening. "I just assumed he was running as a joke." Trump stared icily at Meyers as he continued to criticise the real estate tycoon.
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