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Talking to Jay Leno tonight, President Obama blamed the bad blood between himself and Celebrity Apprentice host Donald Trump on youthful “constant run-ins on the soccer field” in Kenya, according to the White House press reports. Earlier today, Trump offered to donate $5 million to Obama’s charity of choice if the President would make public his passport and college records. Leno compared the situation to “me and Letterman. What has he got against you here? I don’t get it.” Obama’s appearance on The Tonight Show will air tonight. This was the President’s fifth visit to the NBC late-night show, and his third since taking office in 2009. Here’s the edited and condensed pool report of his appearance:
At the Tonight Show, President Obama blasted Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s rape comments, poked fun at Donald Trump, and took a shot at photo identification voting laws passed by several states.
On Trump, Leno asked what’s the deal between the real estate mogul and reality TV show host and the president? Trump offered Obama $5 million Wednesday if he released his college and passport records. Obama told Leno that the beef dates back to when he and Trump were growing up Kenya. “We had constant run-ins on the soccer field,” Obama said. “He wasn’t very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America I thought it would be over.” Obama then told Leno that he has never personally met Leno [NOTE – I think the Pool means “Trump” here not “Leno"] (though POTUS did skewer Trump at a White House Correspondents Dinner with Trump in the audience).
Leno also asked Obama whether he’s asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to stay on the job if he’s re-elected. Leno said Clinton has done a fine job. Obama agreed. ”She’s done a wonderful job,” Obama said. “I would love for her to stay.” He added that “Despite my begging” he thinks that Clinton is looking forward to spending more time with her family.”
Responding to questions submitted by the audience, Obama said that trick or treaters can expect to get candy if they knock on the White House door. He added that trick or treaters from Ohio can expect extra large Hershey bars.
Air Force One landed at LAX around 5:30 PM after campaign stops in Iowa and Colorado earlier in the day. Sparing LA the usual traffic snarls when he’s in town traveling via motorcade, the President took Marine One over to Bob Hope Airport. Then, with some road closures, he was driven the remaining distance to the NBC Burbank studio, where The Tonight Show tapes, arriving around 6:10 PM. Also unlike all of the 12 previous visits the President has made to LA — including the last time he was here on October 7 — Obama has no fundraisers scheduled. He is scheduled to leave town for more campaigning in Nevada right after the taping tonight. Michelle Obama, however, will be in town tomorrow for a campaign fundraiser at Will Smith’s house. Tickets for that event range from $2,500-$40,000. The First Lady will do her own late-night TV stop Thursday at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Love this guy! The fact that he doesn’t discriminate against gay people or women and the other guys do…Obama’s got my vote again!
You mean he panders to every audience that he speaks with, and obnoxiously mocks anyone that disagrees with him? He is infantile, and not presidential at all.
Why is he (The President) using “Air Force One” to campaign?? He should pay for and and use other transportation when campaining.
You mean like every other president that’s run for re-election since Air Force One was created? Oh, that’s right, they use it too. It’s because he’s still the president, and while he’s campaigning he also doing his job. Also, the secret service would never allow him to use some other transportation while he’s president. Air Force One is essentially the White House with wings, so while he’s president that’s what he is going to use for transportation. If Romney wins guess what you’ll see him flying around in when he runs for re-election. Do people like you actually do any kind of research before you make idiotic comments? From what I’ve read on the subject, he’s required to use Air Force One when traveling.
The Obama campaign reimburses all costs associated with the President’s transportation when he’s campaigning– just like every other President before him (even the white Republican ones). Don’t worry, the black guy isn’t stealing the silver.
Air Force One is the mobile White House, equipped with all the support and communication capability that are necessary to be President. Obama cannot leave home without it.
As to President Obama using Air Force One for the campaign, all of the presidents have used it when running for re-election.(as long as we have had planes lol) It’s not like he can ride coach on United you know!!
Well, first of all, any plane the President of the United States is on automatically becomes Air Force One, but I’m assuming that’s not what you’re talking about. The thing is, though, if the President travels anywhere, he is required to have his full security detail, including the airplane currently called Air Force One. He has no choice. So unless you’re going to prevent ANY candidates from campaigning, then he’s going to have to continue to do what every other president has done before him.
I assume for the same reason that every POTUS since before Reagan has done that: security concerns.
Nixon, Reagan, George Bush, Sr. and George Bush, Jr all campaigned with Air Force One. The President is always the President. It doesn’t matter if he’s attending a summit in Geneva or taking his kids to see their Grandmother in Hawaii.
Every president since Reagan has used Air Force One for campaigning.
Do you want the President of the United States to travel on commercial air?
Could you really be this ignorant?
Could you really be this ignorant?
It would appear that “Larry” is a conservative.
So the answer would be “absolutely”.
Did you say that when Bush and EVERY other President did that? Air Force One has the communication center that is the equivalent of White house, Situation Room, etc etc., and, it’s called privilege. Would you rather the US come under attack or fall to some catastrophe and have the President have to land to make a quick decision? You are some kind of asinine dumbass, aren’t you?
Every single sitting president….ever…has used the plan, since it was created, to go on campaign stops.
Presidents have been using Air Force One for campaigning for decades.
Under a rule adopted by the FEC in 2009, Obama is paying for re-election travel, but as has been the case since the 1970s, transparency is hard to find.
Nothing to see here. Manufactured outrage.
I bet you never thought or said that when YOUR guy was in office. Temper your hate please and just play fair.
Oh and FYI…Congress agreed that sitting Presidents can and should use AIR FORCE ONE to campaign as it is required travel for a President. Even while on the campaign trail he still has Presidential duties to fulfill. Do you actually want him to have a security briefing while on a United or Delta flight?
“Air Force One” is the official air traffic control call sign of ANY United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
If he’s on it, it’s “Air Force One”.
*sigh*
Two people America is tired of: Leno and Obama.
Don’t forget Mitt Romney.
If he is such a great prez, why the continual desperate appearances on late night talk shows? Why not let his record speak for itself?
With your logic, why should anybody campaign at all? Just let their record stand for themselves. Dumbass.
I don’t ever remember reagan,bush or even clinton going on this type of talk show blitz every other week, do you ‘b”? They promoted and campaigned on their record in a little less desperate manner. Then again, at least reagan and clinton had a quite a bit better record to rely on. You sound as desperate as BO. A little nervous???
It’s called campaigning. Romney does the same thing, except he sends his wife to do it instead or says he’s going to appear and cancels last minute.
If hanging out with Celebrities, golfing and jetting around the world vacationing on tax payers dime would fix our poor economy, we’d have the best economy in the world. Obama is nothing more than a figure head, a PR machine with no substance. I’m crossing party lines to vote against him in Ohio. I fear for my kids future with 4 more years of this playboy.
I still don’t see how a woman can vote for Mitt Romney. Don’t you care about your own rights?
You really can’t be that blind. What’s the difference between the celebrities Obama finds himself with and the ones Romney does? Romney’s celebrity friends (You know those corporate billionaires that sent our jobs and industries over seas) have something financial to gain from his winning. Obama’s friends just like Obama’s policies. Oh and by the way, Romney wants to cut education which I’m sure will be very helpful to your kids.
Hyperbole? Selective attention? He’s the 1st black president so he’s definitely in the spotlight everywhere he goes but if celebrity magazines is all you read, that’s all you will see my dear.
If you’re crossing party lines to vote against this “playboy” because you fear for your kids’ futures, you must not have any daughters or not read the news much.
I’ll give 5 bucks to the charity of your choice if you release your birth certificate and other records that prove that you indeed live in Ohio, Ms. Gilroy.
Trump should’ve offered the $5 Million to the government instead of charity, then Obama might have taken him up on it.
First of all…. who’s paying for his side show comedy appearances. I find it a embarassing and degrading for the leader of our Country to spend so much time flapping his lips about stupid one liners. I think that’s his way of avoiding the truth. If you joke about it people laugh and forget the real questions at hand. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. not funny. drop the one liners- Act like a leader. I’m not sure why Michelle needs to be on Kimmell show.. Why don’t they just move to Hollywood and start their own late nite show. That would free up the White House for a Leader fit to run it.
Grow up.
trump is just an irrelavant press whore.
…and yet you enjoyed every minute of it, didnt you?
Oama will change his tune about Tuump after he loses the election and needs a gig on Celebrity Appremice…
How this clown got elected to anything is, well, a tragedy.
The growing up in Kenya was a GREAT line.
Yeah. Or maybe it just seemed great compared to Leno’s stuff.
H. Luke: Obama is still the president, and he has to fly on Air Force One for security and communication reasons, because there are elements of his job that are always with him 24/7, regardless of whether he’s in a campaign event or an official event.
And according to the AP, Obama is the first president to pay for re-election travel under updated rules adopted by the FEC in 2009. Instead of repaying the government based on the cost of first-class commercial airfare, reimbursements must now reflect the cost of chartering a Boeing 737. A campaign doesn’t have to pay the full cost for a chartered plane, though, AP noted. It pays a reduced amount based on the number of people aboard Air Force One who were traveling for political reasons. That number excludes Secret Service agents and other support staff who always travel with a president. Romney doesn’t pay for his Secret Service detail either.
Really??? Because he is the only President to fly on Air Force One while running for reelection? Wow.
H. Luke, all of the Presidents use Air Force One when campaigning. Guess what? He’s actually working, too.
Luke: The President’s campaign reimburses the American people for travel on Air Force 1 related to his re-election.
Thank you President Obama for treating the latest Trump debacle like the joke that it truly is.
Because he is still president, it’s required that he does.
Disrespectful and racist by Trump. Isn’t he busy turning New York into Trump Legoland? I wonder what people of other nations think of a country where a citizen, who has continually referred to the president as a foreigner, offers $5 million dollars to show his passport and college records? I can’t even imagine how the GOP/right would react if a Rep. president were treated the way President Obama has been treated– maybe adopt some of China’s or Russia’s punishments for denouncing the government?
-Anti-Romney: based on facts and his politics or should I say non-politics.
-Anti-Obama: stems from hate and racism.
Eastwood to Trump, Coulter to Romney… President Obama, probably the most disrespected president the U.S. has ever had.
meanwhile the kids in Chicago wait for the 5 million
Trump would never pay. He distinctly said, “To my satisfaction.” Which means never.
Trump should send the kids in Chicago the money regardless, if he’s got it to throw around.. The president should not negotiate with terrorists which is what Trump is evolving into..
The hatred and venom displayed toward this President can only be explained by bigotry. He hasn’t been a good President but the nastiness, racist emails, racist cartoons and name-calling has gone way beyond anything remotely reasonable. Get it out “conservatives,” get out all of your insane dislike of dark people and justify it with politics.
Obama is going to get reelected and then you can all shut the fu*k up.
Hooray for intelligence. Thank you! If only more people would read..
Reading these ignorant comments herein tells me the Fox News Website must be down.
Stopped the country from hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of jobs a month.
Stock market closing in the low 7000s when he came in, regularly closes over 12,000 now.
Saved the auto industry.
Overturned Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Healthcare for millions. Young people can stay on their parents insurance until they’re 26!
Put two women on the Supreme Court (hugely important for the future).
Killed Bin Laden.
Got us out of Iraq.
Student loan Pay-as-you-earn plan (look it up) to help ease the crushing debt so many college students experience.
All against monolithic, malicious, (yes, racist) Republican obstructionism at every turn (Republicans in Congress have a disapproval rating well over 70% in the country).
Obama’s got my vote.
mine too