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Flashback: Obama Reacts to bin Laden Joke Hours Before the Raid

Flashback: Obama Reacts to bin Laden Joke Hours Before the Raid

On Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, "Saturday Night Live" star Seth Meyers cracked a joke about Osama bin Laden and where he was hiding out (it also involved C-SPAN). Unbeknown to most of those in attendance, just a day earlier the president had given the order to kill bin Laden, a raid was scheduled for Saturday but was called off, and in just 24 hours the president would announce to the world that the globe's number one terrorist had died.

You can see the reaction below, and like me would probably give a lot of money to be a mind reader at that moment:

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Jonathon M. Seidl is a former managing editor of Blaze News and a best-selling author and speaker. His next book, “Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic,” will be released on October 7, 2025.
Jonathon M. Seidl

Jonathon M. Seidl

Jonathon M. Seidl is a former managing editor of Blaze News and a best-selling author and speaker. His next book, “Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic,” will be released on October 7, 2025.

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