--- title: President Barack Obama Spoof Video Shows His Retirement description: At the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, President Obama offered a glimpse at how he's preparing for his next chapter canonical: https://time.com/4314589/president-obama-video-retirement/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-02T17:49:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:12:19.720Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama Spoof Video Shows How He'll Spend His Retirement og:description: Including a Snapchat mishap og:url: https://time.com/4314589/president-obama-video-retirement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2ced2713effeb/698891762dce01b2929e8e49/gettyimages-526700554.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: White House Correspondents' Dinner Party og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama Spoof Video Shows How He'll Spend His Retirement twitter:description: Including a Snapchat mishap twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2ced2713effeb/698891762dce01b2929e8e49/gettyimages-526700554.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama Spoof Video Shows How He'll Spend His Retirement > Sponsored content. 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Pool—Getty Images Pool—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan May 2, 2016 5:49 PM UTC [At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner](http://time.com/4313643/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2016-president-obama-video/?xid=homepage) on Saturday, President Obama offered a glimpse at how he’s preparing for his next chapter, as the commander-in-chief’s term ends and he tries to figure out what’s next after he and his family move out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January. After an unsuccessful call to the Washington Wizards, an awkward encounter at the DMV and a Snapchat mishap, the President called a former colleague, the now-retired Speaker of the House John Boehner, for some advice. It was, of course, a joke—the video accompanied the president’s speech at the Saturday dinner, during which Obama [literally dropped a mic at the end of his remarks.](http://President Obama's term in office is nearing its end and the commander-in-chief is trying to figure out what's next for him after he and his family move out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January.) The President cracked jokes about CNN, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and, of course, his graying hair. “You all look great,” Obama said. “The end of the Republic has never looked better.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4314589/president-obama-video-retirement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4314589/president-obama-video-retirement/"},"headline":"President Obama Spoof Video Shows How He'll Spend His Retirement","datePublished":"2016-05-02T17:49:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:12:19.720Z","description":"Including a Snapchat mishap","url":"https://time.com/4314589/president-obama-video-retirement/","keywords":["Barack Obama","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2ced2713effeb/698891762dce01b2929e8e49/gettyimages-526700554.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2ced2713effeb/698891762dce01b2929e8e49/gettyimages-526700554.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White House Correspondents' Dinner Party","caption":"White House Correspondents' Dinner Party","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4314589/president-obama-video-retirement/","name":"President Obama Spoof Video Shows How He'll Spend His Retirement"}}]}] ```