觀看歐巴馬總統在2011年嘲諷唐納德·特朗普

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August 10, 2015 3:26 PM EDT

President Obama hasn’t yet had much to say about Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. But he got more than a few licks in at the real estate mogul a few years ago at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.

Trump was an invited guest of the Washington Post at the April 30, 2011, dinner and seen then as a potential Republican challenger to the President the following year. Obama took advantage of Trump’s presence to mock him mercilessly, especially over the entrepreneur’s publicly stated doubts about his place of birth. Here’s what Obama said:

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Donald Trump is here tonight. Now I know that he’s taken some flak lately. But no one is happier—no one is prouder—to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald. 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? 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 did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around, but you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership, and so ultimately you didn’t blame Lil Jon or Meat Loaf, you fired Gary Busey. And these are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir. Well handled. Say what you will about Mr. Trump, he certainly would bring some change to the White House. Let’s see what we’ve got up there.

Obama’s jokes at Trump’s expense are even more remarkable in retrospect, as they were made during the final stages of the preparation for the raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden—the very kind of thing that does keep a President up at night. Trump relished the attention, even if he didn’t like the actual jokes, saying the dinner was “like a roast.”

The President referenced Trump again at the 2015 correspondents’ dinner, but didn’t mince words this time: “And Donald Trump is here,” he said. “Still.”

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2011年4月30日,奧巴馬在白宮記者晚宴上對唐納德·特朗普進行了諷刺,當時特朗普因質疑奧巴馬的出生地而受到關注。奧巴馬利用特朗普的出席機會,開玩笑說特朗普終於可以專注於更重要的議題,如月球登陸是否造假等。奧巴馬的笑話在當時的背景下顯得格外引人注目,因為他正忙於策劃針對本·拉登的突襲。特朗普雖然對奧巴馬的笑話不以為然,但仍享受這種關注。2015年,奧巴馬再次提到特朗普,並直言不諱地表示「唐納德·特朗普在這裡,仍然。」這些事件反映了特朗普與奧巴馬之間的微妙關係,以及特朗普在政治舞台上的持續存在。