--- ---  # President Obama Imitating His Daughters on Their Phones Confirms That He's the Ultimate Dad  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2016 9:32 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama pretends to take a selfie during an event at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School on October 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama delivered remarks to highlight the progress he has made to improve education across the country including a rise in high school graduation rates. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) U.S. President Barack Obama pretends to take a selfie during an event at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School on October 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama delivered remarks to highlight the progress he has made to improve education across the country including a rise in high school graduation rates. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2016 9:32 PM UTC In the ultimate dad move, [President Obama](http://time.com/4527343/president-obama-donald-trump-campaign-event/) took time during a speech at Washington, D.C.-based Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to give his best impersonation of his daughters on their cell phones. POTUS, who has long been established as the Dad-in-chief, thanks to [his endearingly bad dad jokes](http://time.com/4521755/president-obama-crying-baby-bad-jokes/) and [affinity for high-rise denim](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/obama-dad-jeans-through-the-years.html), demonstrated how charmingly paternal he could be when he channeled daughters Sasha and Malia texting on their phones. His impression of his daughters on their phones was not only hilarious, but showed a true commitment to accuracy, as demonstrated by his excellent form while pretending to take a selfie. See Obama’s very excellent dad antics for yourself in the clip above. President Obama Imitates His Daughters on Their Phones ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533841/president-obama-imitates-sasha-malia-phones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533841/president-obama-imitates-sasha-malia-phones/"},"headline":"President Obama Imitating His Daughters on Their Phones Confirms That He's the Ultimate Dad","datePublished":"2016-10-17T21:32:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:43.019Z","description":"Selfies and all","url":"https://time.com/4533841/president-obama-imitates-sasha-malia-phones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Barack Obama","politics","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6972a3370f77ef62/6988aa4b97cdff46a76ae324/barack-obama-imitates-daughtes-on-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6972a3370f77ef62/6988aa4b97cdff46a76ae324/barack-obama-imitates-daughtes-on-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Speaks At Benjamin Banneker Academic High School In Washington, D.C.","caption":"President Obama Speaks At Benjamin Banneker Academic High School In Washington, D.C.","creditText":"Alex Wong—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4533841/president-obama-imitates-sasha-malia-phones/","name":"President Obama Imitating His Daughters on Their Phones Confirms That He's the Ultimate Dad"}}]}] ```