Obama obliterates
Donald Trump in
White House Correspondents' Dinner speech.
'If this material works, I'm going to use it at Goldmans next year': Obama swings for
Hillary, professes love for
Biden, roasts
Trump and ends his final Correspondents' Dinner with a
MIC DROP
President Obama took aim at Donald Trump,
Ted Cruz, the
GOP establishment and
Hillary Clinton in his speech
Obama joked about
Clinton's speeches for
Goldman Sachs and mocked her attempts to appeal to young voters
He said Trump had more foreign policy experience than people thought because he has met
Miss Argentina
Trump - a butt of Obama's jokes in previous years - was not at the glitzy affair in the
Washington Hilton on Saturday
Event was hosted by
The Nightly Show's
Larry Wilmore, who used race as a key element in his performance
Celebrities including
Kendall Jenner,
Will Smith,
Emma Watson and
Kerry Washington were in the audience
Political heavyweights
John Kerry and
Bernie Sanders dined alongside
Megyn Kelly &
Trumps Eric and
Donald Jr
President Obama took aim at Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the
Republican establishment in his hilarious final White House Correspondents' Dinner speech on
Saturday night - and he even saved some ammunition for Hillary Clinton.
Before he tore apart the GOP candidates, Obama brought up his former
Secretary of State's speeches to Goldman Sachs as he contemplated what he might do to make money after leaving the
White House.
'If this material does well, I’m going to use it at Goldman Sachs next year,' the president said, adding that he planned to make 'some serious Tubmans'.
He also joked that Clinton attempting to appeal to younger voters was 'a little like your relative who just signed up for
Facebook'.
Feigning a woman's voice, Obama said: '
Dear America. Did you get my poke? Is it appearing on your wall? I'm not sure I'm using this right.
Love Aunt Hillary.'
Obama then turned on Trump, saying he was 'hurt' that the
Republican front-runner had not made the effort to attend the glitzy affair in
Washington, DC.
'It was surprising. We have a room full of celebs and cameras and he says no. Is this dinner too tacky for
The Donald? What could he be doing instead?
Having a Trump steak? Tweeting out insults? What's he doing?'
The president said Trump's foreign policy experience was questionable, but defended The Donald, saying 'he has spent years meeting people from around the world,
Miss Sweden, Miss Argentina.
Azerbaijan'.
Obama added
that Trump would be more successful than him at closing down
Guantanamo Bay because he 'knows a thing or two about running waterfront properties into the ground'.
Obama also professed his love for
Vice President Joe Biden.
In a nod to
Dick Cheney's infamous shooting incident in
2006, the president said: 'I love
Joe Biden. I wanna thank Joe Biden. Especially for not shooting anyone in the face.'
Next up was Ted Cruz, with the president mocking him for calling a hoop a 'basketball ring' in
Indiana this week.
'What else is in his lexicon?' Obama said. '
Baseball sticks?
Football hats. But sure, I'm the foreign one!'
John Kasich also got a mention of sorts. 'Some candidates aren't polling high enough their own joke tonight,' Obama said, before showing pictures of
Kasich stuffing his face with food while he was in
New York for April's primary.
Obama also singled out GOP chairman
Reince Priebus, sarcastically congratulating him on his success with the party's nomination process, saying it was 'going great'.
The president also mocked the
Republicans' campaign chaos and the calls among the party for Speaker
Paul Ryan to launch a late bid for the nomination despite not running.
'
Look at the confusion over the invitations to tonight's dinner,' Obama said. '
People were asked if they wanted steak or fish, but instead a whole bunch of you wrote in "Paul Ryan". You may not like steak or fish, but that's your choice.'
Clinton's
Democratic rival Bernie Sanders was also the butt of Obama's jokes.
He said the 74-year-old socialist 'comrade' was 'the bright new face of the
Democratic party'.
Also, noting Sanders' opposition to
Super PACs funding his campaign, Obama said: '
Bernie, you look like a million bucks. Or, in your terms, you look like 37,
000 donations of 27 bucks each.'
John Boehner made a cameo appearance in a pre-recorded skit with the president, with the recently retired speaker advising Obama how to relax after leaving office.
The pair were seen sitting in a cinema watching
Toy Story and strutting through the White House wearing shades.
'
First, stop sending me all these LinkedIn requests,'
Boehner said. 'And second, here's the beauty of this thing, you've got all the time in the world to figure this out. You can just be you for a while.
- published: 01 May 2016
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