As he continues to target Barack Obama, Donald Trump has just responded to the viral moment when the former President publicly mocked him at the infamous 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
For those who don’t know, more than a decade ago, in 2011, Obama humiliated Trump by using him as the punchline in a series of jokes.
The Democrat, who was President of the United States at the time, delivered a historic keynote speech at the D.C. Hilton, slamming Trump, who was in attendance that night.
For context, the address came shortly after the White House was obliged to produce Obama’s entire birth certificate, putting to rest outlandish rumors that he was not born in the United States and hence unable to be president.
Trump was one of the proponents of this bizarre theory, having previously expressed doubts about Obama’s birthplace.
Trump even went as far as taking credit for the former President deciding to release the certificate, reportedly telling the press: “Today I’m very proud of myself because I’ve accomplished something that nobody else was able to accomplish,” as per The Guardian.
And now, it seems that Trump has finally decided to respond, with a post on his own social media platform, Truth Social.
The Republican leader revealed a video of the moment, which was part of a longer narrated video explaining how the speech ‘changed politics forever’.
It insinuated that it was actually this night that spurred him to decide to run for president.
The clip announced that the dinner ‘was prepared to be the end of Trump, but instead it was the beginning’.
But what exactly did Obama say?
Well, when he took to the stage for the political dinner in 2011, he made sure to make his feelings about Trump clear.
Tackling the accusations, he shared: “My fellow Americans, Mahalo. Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he’s taken some flack lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald.”
Hitting out, he fiercely joked: “And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter- like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?
“But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. For example – no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice – at the steakhouse, the men’s cooking team cooking did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks.
“And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognised that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn’t blame Lil Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night.”
The speech very quickly transformed into a roast, and comedian Seth Myers also managed to get a few jabs in as he took to the stage.
He shared: “Donald Trump has been saying that he will run for president as a Republican, which is surprising since I just assumed he was running as a joke.”
This latest post comes amid a series of attacks on Obama by Trump – including accusing him of treason during the 2016 election and even producing an AI video of him being arrested.
