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Obama Cracks Trump Birther Joke on ‘Tonight Show’: ‘We Grew Up Together in Kenya’

Oct. 25, 2012 8:28am Jonathon M. Seidl

Obama on Jay Leno Tonight Show Interview Talks About Trump

US President Barack Obama chats with host Jay Leno during a taping of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” October 24, 2012 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

President Obama sat down for another hard-hitting interview on Wednesday, this time with “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno (who at one point clapped for Obama because the president had “saved” Detroit). What did they cover? Donald Trump’s much-maligned announcement, of course. And Obama used the opportunity to crack a birther joke.

When asked what Trump has against the president, Obama said it’s something that goes back to their childhood days in Kenya.

“This all goes back to when we grew up together in Kenya,” he quipped. “We had constant run-ins on the soccer field. He wasn’t very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America I thought it would be over.”

Earlier Wednesday, Trump offered to donate $5 million to the president’s charity of choice if he would release his college and passport records.

Wisecracks aside, Obama told Leno that he has never actually met Trump.

But the interview went beyond Trump. When Leno asked Obama if he was glad the presidential debates are over, the president responded, “You know, I was sort of getting the hang of it.” Obama, whose performance in the first debate was widely panned, said he didn’t do an effective job of energetically outlining the contrast of visions between him and Republican Mitt Romney.

Part of the problem with a debate, Obama said, is that it’s not a natural way of communicating – having an argument with someone as you sit next to him.

“Well,” Leno said, “you’re married.”

Obama shot back: “But the difference is, with Michelle, I just concede every point.”

Additionally, the president also said he’s very happy with Vice President Joe Biden (despite Biden’s constant gaffes, it seems).

“I could not have a better vice president than Joe Biden,” he said.

There were more hard-hitting questions than that, though. Asked which team he would bet on in the World Series, the Detroit Tigers or the San Francisco Giants, Obama managed to get in a dig at Romney: “I will say, I’ve spent a lot of time in Detroit lately, and I didn’t want to let go Detroit go bankrupt. So in this particular World Series, I might be a little partial.”

You can watch some of the clips below:

You can watch the full interview in five parts over at NBC.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (72)

coyote1hell
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:26am
The CLOWN-in-Chief has a venue here, that he can relate to…idiotic..late night show….WOW……

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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:00pm
  The only thing that can save Detroit is a bulldozer…………..PERIOD.
  
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- charleyrocks
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:06pm
  I thought he was glenns friend and those are the stupid questions he asked? man go back to school!
  
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- ObamaForward_OverTheCliff
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:56pm
  “Obama Cracks Trump Birther Joke on ‘Tonight Show’: ‘We Grew Up Together in Kenya’ ”
  
  THE JOKE is … it’s not a joke:
  
  Barack Hussein Obama’s (AKA Barry Obama, AKA Barry Soetoro) Kenya BIRTH CERTIFICATE:
  http://i3.ytimg.com/bg/jKZugo0aaREqEyqXIzGDVw/102.jpg
  
  “AP declares Obama Kenyan-Born (And 2008 AP Story Repeats the Claim)”
  http://thepostnemail.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/ap-declares-obama-kenyan-born/
  “What most people know is that the Associated Press (AP) is one of the largest, internationally recognized, syndicated news services. … in a syndicated report, published Sunday, June 27, 2004, by the Kenyan Standard Times, … ‘Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations.’”
  
  “This report explains the context of the oft cited debate, between Obama and Keyes in the following Fall, in which Keyes faulted Obama for not being a “natural born citizen”, and in which Obama, by his quick retort, “So what? I am running for Illinois Senator, not the presidency”, self-admitted that he was not eligible for the office.”
  
  America will DIE laughing! (A real thigh-slapper!)
  
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- pcj
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:42pm
  It’s called “pandering to the lowest common denominator”.
  
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 2:36pm
  @Detroit paperboy Or fire; worked for Nero.
  
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john vincent
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:20am
What would our presidency look like if Leno was prez?
We would have a comedian-in-chief.

Oh wait, we have one. Everything is a joke to this guy. More basketball, more quips, more dances, more sports, more beer, more funny business on the View, etc etc.

This country does not need another clown in the White House. So many funny men, but so few leaders. Obama wants to be everybodys friend. He does not get it. A 13 year old girl does not want her mother to be her friend. She instinctively needs her mother; she has plenty of friends……

Are you not tired and bored of the funny man? Do you not thirst for a true American leader? Romney is light years ahead on this account alone. Israel has Netanyahu: sober minded, not a clown, demure, classy, he carries the atmosphere of a leader. No jokes from him, this is why Romney is rising in the polls, people can watch television for comedy. Being a leader is not funny

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jungle J
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:05am
That is exactly what a scrared liar does…makes jokes about something. It is called a diversionary tactic and only fools and dooofus’s fall for it.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:04pm
  The fact that you listen/watch Glenn proves you are exactly what you call others.
  
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john vincent
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:02am
Obama did get one thing right.

His welcome mat on comedy programs (Leno/View/etc)
proves his regime was a joke

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EZDOZIT
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:34am
Search,’ Obama’s Korean trade deal undermines U.S. Auto Industry,finds government report’.
Obama ran against Trade Deals in 2008,said he would fix NAFTA after he got elected.Still waiting?
Bush keep G.M. and Chrysler alive with 17 billion dollar loan till Obama took office. They would have died if he had not done this. They would not have been alive to save by Obama if Bush had not done this.

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For my Liberty!
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:13am
“Obama said, is that it’s not a natural way of communicating – having an argument with someone as you sit next to him.”

THAT would be because when you LIE about them, they can refute your lie IMMEDIATELY, and that makes you not only look dumb, but people can SEE you are lying, and you don’t LIKE that do you Barry? You like to lie and have no one dispute what you are saying.

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ComradeAdam
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:11am
Obama has a habit of joking about things that get under his skin.

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- EZDOZIT
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:44am
  Obama said, “I could not ask for a better vice president”
  That’s because Biden makes Obama look like a genius.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:55am
Hey Jay….. If you think he saved Detroit, you may wana come and take a look at 50 years of black liberal democrat destruction……………….he saved the unions, with our money not his…..the only way I would go into the neighborhoods in Detroit is in an armored vehicle ……..with a fifty cal mounted on the roof….fifty years of corrupt democrats JAY…”……

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:11am
  Jay should have asked him why wouldn’t he release the records that Trump asked for and help charities with the 5 million Trump is offering.
  
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Airborne1966
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:50am
Obama can make all the jokes he wants, but the real question is where are his transcripts?

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:40am
  And the new question is why won’t Obama release them to help charities of his choice with 5,000,000 dollars. Trump was on Greta last night and said he might even up the offer if that’s what it takes.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:07pm
  Obama should make an offer to release his transcripts if Romney releases his tax returns. Now that would be a bet.
  
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cristo52
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:42am
“Part of the problem with a debate, Obama said, is that it’s not a natural way of communicating – having an argument with someone as you sit next to him.”

Here’s one more thing the great communicator is lousy at.

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- RamonPreston
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 2:45pm
  What??? No teleprompter? He was speechless.
  
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yougottabekidding
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:21am
Yes I saved the unions and sold every non union person down the drain in Detroit, and around the country. Plus the unions got a whole bunch of money to hide in my campaign Those damned non union people don’t need their pensions and they would not be contributing to my attempted re election any way

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- PaulreveresDarknight
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:27am
  Whats taxpayer $ or dead soldiers to a bastard like me anyway. Treason.
  
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ExO
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:09am
Ok I mean maybe it is just me but I really am beyond sick of Ovomit Cracking jokes Drinking beer eating hot dogs.
How about fixing the Mess he has made of this great country.
Time this bum is jailed for this mess and gets out of the way so Romney and Ryan can get us back on track to making the US of A the great country it is…..

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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:26am
  Always remember most college drug users are drug sellers.
  What did hussain say did? blow?
  
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- PontiusPirate
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:40am
  Most college drug users are sellers too? Think about how that makes absolutely no sense for a moment.
  
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Cymry
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:01am
Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter think The Donalds’s 5M is a valid offer.

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- rosegrower
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:44am
  I’m sure it is, and if you remember, The Donald’s continued harangue about the birth certificate did result in the release of one that appeared real (some analysis pointed to obvious problems, such as Obama’s father’s race being described as “African” rather than “*****”. African is ethnicity, “*****” was the commonly accepted term for blacks in 1960 and describes race.) However, The Donald would have gotten further had he contributed the 5 mill to Columbia Unversity in exchange for the unsealing of Obama’s transcripts. Universities are money hungry – like politicians – and will do whatever it takes to make or keep a buck (think Jerry Sandusky and Penn State to get the picture.)
  
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barber2
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:58am
Another ” important” interview with Mr. ” Born To Campaign ” Media Man Obama. From Jon Stewart, to The View, to Leno…..sums up the depth of this guy and his vapid base. This guy is no JFK nor is Leno any Johnny Carson. Benghazi ?

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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:05am
  He has a hard hitting interview with “People” magazine coming up.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:06am
  Look this was a very important interview!
  I always hated Trump and now that hussain has outed him and I found out he’s a foreign national, I hate him even more.
  
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- cbrown
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:15am
  The above clip was hilarious. Obama’s bit on “Romnesia” is a really funny. Proud to have President Obama!!
  
  Well, Obama has an interview on NBC tonight. It will be hard to find any Romney interview this week on TV (I forgot Fox news, maybe).
  
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:53am
What’s so funny about pre planned questions and answers? Did you see the ear piece.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:55am
  How could you not.
  Those ears are HUGE!!!
  
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petemg
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:46am
Is Obama so desperate that he has to “interview” for his next role. Goes to show he is not a leader.

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:53am
  I find his TV appearances on these shows very unpresidential he lacks the decorum of a president and thinks it is funny.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:01am
  Mr. Smoke and Mirrors Obama belongs in Hollywood not in the White House…
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:02am
  He wouldn’t make it in Hollywood he is not funny nor can he get his lines right. The best job I heard him do was narrating books.
  
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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:45am
Bengazi Jay???? Jay :(. Univision gets Much Love from me. Only ones to hold his soccerballs to the fire. Here him? No more debates. Thats what hes saying. Like blame internet for benfazi. Why. UN Internet tax treaty. Why give guys to drug dealers? Take 2nd rights. Blame NRA giving them. Its That simple. Dont Take sherlocks…….We Need Patriots!

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- PaulreveresDarknight
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:00am
  Im getting beyond pissed. This is treason. He cracks jokes and soldiers who served are dead. Mothers weep for sons and he is laughing and gutting our Military
  
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- PaulreveresDarknight
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:08am
  They laid down there lives. UNDERSTAND if you have taken oath Brothers.. you know…We Have Some Left Behind
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:32am
  Paul,
  Worst of all… he stood in front of 4 caskets resting the bodies of dead Americans and lied to the American people using their dead bodies as a prop of his discipline to the truth (or lack thereof).
  A true disgrace of Honor
  
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- EZDOZIT
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:00am
  It came out that Obama doesn’t like people. No,he doesn’t like people that loves America.
  Check out his friends. Rev. Wright;Bill Ares; Louis Farrakhan;Muslin Brotherhood;Fidel Castro;Communist Party USA,etc. etc. etc.
  
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M4-A1
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:41am
I always watch Jay everynight, but last night I didn’t even turn him on. I can’t stand the lie’s from our douche bag in president.
I watched Dave Letterman instead he had Bill O on and it was pretty good.

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SamIamTwo
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:39am
He won’t have a press conference but will attend lite comedy shows…he has no credibility whatsoever. Shameless.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:54am
  That’s not true!
  Look it up and you will see.
  
  Uh….you are right, but its not his fault.
  
  Poor Obama, probably sucking his thumb at night from mean ol Mitt asking him hard questions.
  
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blanco5
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:38am
Oh, look how witty I am and don’t you dare ask me about Libya!

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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:43am
  Leno has no journalistic fortitude.
  He is no better than “Pimp With A Limp”
  
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- rosegrower
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:48am
  @PA Patriot
  Jay Leno isn’t a journalist, although at times he plays one on TV. That’s why Obama is on the Tonight Show and not Meet the Press or Fox News Sunday. Also, Leno lets him use the teleprompter. It’s all he has these days.
  
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woodyee
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:38am
Whooo! Obammy skated by that one! The questions COULD have been tougher, like

Quiche or Arugula?

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:07am
  LOL, with Moochelle not there, he might have gone with Quiche.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:37am
The stick figure POS can’t be fired quick enough not only to save our country but to not be assaulted daily with the smiling jackal pretending to be an American.BTW When you put on your black voice for that crowd it isn’t convincing either,you sound like Erkel you jug eared bastard.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:19am
  Shock The Monkey
  
  The UPDATED Definitive Projection of the race: Romney wins 54% and 359 EVs (new 10/25)
  http://unskewedpolls.com/unskewed_projection_2012%20president_02.cfm
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:39am
  I like those numbers bag and Romney has to win big to keep the lawyers out of it.
  
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:36am
Obama and Hilliary share nervous laughter together.
Something is not right and they both know it.
Both of them have made the office of the POTUS a joke.

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- SamIamTwo
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:41am
  As my pops told me in the 50′s…”the only thing worse than a thief is a liar!”
  
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sizzlinsexybeckster
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:32am
I told you Donald Trump is only chatting his head off to distract you from the Libya situation. Don’t trust anyone. Obama needs impeached YESTERDAY before his plans to wipe out Israel with our troops there now and it will all be gone very soon if he doesn’t get the heck out of there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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- justangry
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:03am
  That’s absurd. There are three carriers in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran, not Israel.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:32am
The Entertainer in Chief.

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- PaulreveresDarknight
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:51am
  Court jester & Bleachy the clown
  
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