President Obama got a bit of an ego blow yesterday at a visit to a D.C. charter school when a young girl told him she had hoped the surprise guest would be Beyoncé.
“I understand,” Obama told Madison, a sixth grader at Inspired Teaching School, according to ABC News.
The girl backpedaled, saying, “But then I realized it was going to be you and that’s even better!”
Obama said, “I appreciate you saying that in front of the press. I know it’s not really true.” Then Michelle Obama piped in that she would rather see Beyoncé too. Because we all know who really “run the world”:
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