--- title: Donald Trump Knocked President Obama for Seeing Star Wars description: President Obama, the ad says, is busy with "another war" amid the fight against ISIS canonical: https://time.com/4164496/donald-trump-president-obama-star-wars/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-30T19:11:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:42:06.416Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Knocked President Obama for Seeing Star Wars og:description: President Obama, the ad says, is busy with "another war" amid the fight against ISIS og:url: https://time.com/4164496/donald-trump-president-obama-star-wars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt991d54a97a339c49/69887734524fc033e2df61b5/502742164.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns In Nashua, New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Knocked President Obama for Seeing Star Wars twitter:description: President Obama, the ad says, is busy with "another war" amid the fight against ISIS twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt991d54a97a339c49/69887734524fc033e2df61b5/502742164.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Just Knocked President Obama—for Seeing Star Wars by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 30, 2015 7:11 PM CUT  Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Pennichuck Middle School December 28, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Darren McCollester—Getty Images Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Pennichuck Middle School December 28, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Darren McCollester—Getty ImagesDarren McCollester—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 30, 2015 7:11 PM CUT Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shared a new ad on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/ "undefined") and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/%5F4w%5F6xGhfn/?taken-by=realdonaldtrump "undefined") this week that claims President Obama prioritizes _Star Wars_ over the war on ISIS. The 15-second clip starts with news coverage of the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. The couple that carried out the attack is believed to have pledged allegiance to ISIS terrorists. Images of passports being scanned and details of their bloody rampage flash across the screen before the ad fades to black. President Obama, the ad says, is busy with another war. It then cuts to the end of President Obama’s end-of-year news conference, held on Dec. 18\. “Ok, everybody, I gotta get to _Star Wars_,” Obama is seen saying. 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