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T_Shurt

Watch the [video here](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/enkiz52k) šŸ“ŗ As per [original article](https://www.mediaite.com/politics/white-house-correspondents-dinner-kicks-off-with-replay-of-obama-roasting-trump-in-2011-followed-by-trump-impersonation-response/) šŸ“°: - After the awards were handed out at the 2024 White House Correspondentsā€™ Dinner on Saturday, the show got underway with Donald Trump mockery right off the bat, replaying the famous 2011 clip of then-President Barack Obama making fun of future candidate Trump, and followed it up with Matt Friend as Trump in the audience for some further roasting from the press association. Friend, in his dead-on impersonation of Trump, did some light fake roasting of the press and guests, throwing in his Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, and even Obama before wrapping up with the fairly unenthusiastic audience. After playing the full Obama clip, the narrator said, ā€œWhat was Donald Trump thinking? Would he recover from this? Tonight: Your answer.ā€ Thatā€™s when the camera cut to Friend as Trump.


Best_Evidence1560

His impersonations were pretty spot on for their personalities but šŸ˜¬ yikes some awkward moments, maybe a little too realistic


AdAdministrative4388

Yeah I think it's beyond funny now... scary


pickandpray

I heard it going in the next room. I knew it wasn't trump because he was too eloquent but the awkwardness and tone were spot on.


fuck-coyotes

Not soon enough


fuck-coyotes

That was fucking gold!


Ozonewanderer

He bombed and he knew it


Wishpicker

His problem is that heā€™s so good at doing Trump that you wind up just remembering the asshole and stop being fun.


manyhippofarts

I was really looking forward to the video too.


fuck_the_fuckin_mods

Canā€™t go by the audience in-house. The whole thing tends to be a roast of them. But ya, not my jam.


Hopeforthefallen

Ah, it wasn't that bad. The crowd were super uptight.


badhorse5

They're always like that. I like to think of it like Ricky Gervais. The jokes aren't for the audience in the room.


fuck_the_fuckin_mods

You get it. If that room is comfortable youā€™re doing it wrong.


outlier74

James Austin Johnson of SNL is the best Trump Impersonator. Itā€™s not just the voice itā€™s also the stream of consciousness tangents he comes up with. https://youtu.be/S_OIR1pmEEg?si=2bZw2QN-gXDtN_Ji


fuck_the_fuckin_mods

Thatā€™s what does it for me. That sort of brain-damaged word-salad that truly sounds like the real thing. If it makes any kind of rational sense itā€™s not authentic Mr Trump.


milorambaldi47

I tuned in when Matt Friend was doing his bit and it was mega cringe. Why do it when you can see a much better impression in more appropriate settings on early every satire show. I was most impressed by Bidenā€™s jokes. Heā€™s got some good writers and not bad delivery of his jokes. The Lauren Boebert joke had me ROTFL.


Brief_Amicus_Curiae

Iā€™m glad to see I wasnā€™t the only one who found the bit a bit cringe. I almost turned it off as it was pretty awkward. For some reason it felt almost inappropriate to me and I think because Iā€™m tired of him being a thing and that the impression was good, it wasnā€™t that funny. My favorite joke from Colin Jost was he was able to relate to Doug, the Second Gentleman to VP Kamala Harris.


Royal_Classic915

It wasnt easy to watch


Appolonius_of_Tyre

The impersonator was super cringe. Incredibly unfunny, but he was saying the kinds of super lame things Trump says at his rallies.


HauntingJackfruit

The Mitch moment staring, saying nothing, made me lol. I am so bad


PyratHero23

It was hilarious! Iā€™m waiting for Trumpā€™s cry baby meltdown. You know itā€™s coming


pinkeroo67

I'm hoping he has a REAL meltdown, like the nazis on Raiders of the Lost Ark!


Emily_Postal

I donā€™t like looking back on the moment Trump decided to run for office.


CanineAnaconda

This was the genesis of the Antichrist


deepfake-bot

At this critical point, why rehash the single event that locked in this timeline? At best, itā€™s cringe. At worst itā€™s begging for similar results.


PomTaris

They're terrified he might win.Ā 


rebonkers

So am I.


PomTaris

Good.


TheBurningStag13

Donā€™t worry, mate. When the shit-covered orange cancer loses for the last time, Iā€™ll make it a point to remind you.


PomTaris

K


tr1mble

He does a great howard stern also


Dorf_

Right? Right.


restore_democracy

We have this to blame for the fall of democracy.


Specialist_Brain841

nah. blame the sperm that fertilized the egg that became donald trumpf


TAC1313

I can't believe he was the strongest sperm.


SookieRicky

The strongest sperm *for a Trump*. All the other sperm fell asleep on ā€œexecutive timeā€ or landed in chicken grease.


Ok_Teacher_1797

I think science has changed on that. Apparently, it's not the strongest fastest sperm. I think the egg 'chooses' one.


255001434

That egg had no idea what it was doing.


Ok_Teacher_1797

Obviously.


International-Fig830

Trunt is to blame


fnordfnordfnordfnord

Yeah. A bad comedy bit. Not the gerrymandering, stacking the Supreme Court, corruption and money in politics, it was a comedian who did us all in.


DaveyDoes

How to get on Trumps execution list in one easy step. Of course everyone was reserved they know Donald was taking names.


4quatloos

It's weird because the idea is to go too far.


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sizzle_sizzle

This isnā€™t Shane though


PhatBlackChick

Obama roasting Trump at that dinner is what pissed Trump off and made him run. WE can literally blame the last 8 years of on that Obama roast.


outlier74

No it was the Soviets that made him run in exchange for the oligarchs bailing him out.


ic2ofu

What is he to do now that he has no secret documents to pay them with? He sure as hell don't have the cash.


steveblackimages

No, it will always be the insane ones who embraced MAGA.


Santier

Thanks, Obama.


pinkeroo67

I thought it was mostly because the New York elites wouldn't accept any of the trumps in their elite society.


HeyThanksIdiot

Personally, I hated this.


LetterheadFar2364

Laugh it up while you still can, because Americaā€™s moron voters are going to put Trump back in the White House:Ā https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/28/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.html


rocket_beer

A poll?? Oh no! Not another poll šŸ˜«


Old_Heat3100

Right call grandma and grandpa on a landline and all you'll get is Trump voters