![]() The president tossed a “Mad Men” reference into his 2014 State of the Union address - calling out wage disparities between men and women - and Twitter went wild. But within days, it had snagged 18 million views, on par with Justin Bieber. Some conservatives called that appearance undignified. “Have you heard of the Affordable Care Act?” ![]() “I think it’s fair to say that I wouldn’t be with you here today if I didn’t have something to plug,” Obama shot back. “OK, let’s get this out of the way, what did you come here to plug?” Galifianakis groused. The president turned up on “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” to get millennials to sign up for his health care law. There he was in Alaska, warning about the dangers of climate change on “Running Wild with Bear Grylls.” There she was on the “Tonight Show,” pushing exercise by challenging Fallon to a sack race in the East Room. Michelle Obama matched the president on-trend moment for on-trend moment: She strapped on a seatbelt for “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden, beat Ellen DeGeneres in a push-ups contest and rapped with a turnip. “Obama out,” he deadpanned, as he dropped his microphone and left the lectern. “I’m appreciably cooler than I was two minutes ago,” Obama declared after taking the wheel of a 1963 Corvette Stingray with Seinfeld in 2015.Īnd, months before the end of his term, he delivered what could be his with-it farewell line as he ended his remarks at the correspondents’ dinner by embracing a gesture popularized by rappers and comedians. ![]() His two terms played out like a running chronicle of the trends of our times: slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon, reading mean tweets with Jimmy Kimmel, filling out his NCAA basketball bracket on ESPN, cruising with Jerry Seinfeld on “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” WASHINGTON (AP) - From his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop culture president. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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