--- title: President Obama: Toddler Throws Tantrum in Front of POTUS description: The President handled it like a pro canonical: https://time.com/3895191/toddler-tantrum-president-obama/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-23T20:06:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:28.249Z og:title: Toddler Throws Tantrum in Front of President Obama og:description: The President handled it like a pro og:url: https://time.com/3895191/toddler-tantrum-president-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Toddler Throws Tantrum in Front of President Obama twitter:description: The President handled it like a pro twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Toddler Throws Tantrum in Front of President Obama > Sponsored content. 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Emma Watson -He For She- Speech_ by [Tara Fowler/People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler/People Contributor May 23, 2015 8:06 PM UTC by [Tara Fowler/People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler/People Contributor May 23, 2015 8:06 PM UTC Well, _someone’s_ not very happy about meeting [President Obama](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:BarackObama,00.html). A toddler visiting the White House in April for Passover dinner had a fit and threw herself down on the Red Room’s carpet – right at Obama’s feet. The Commander-in-Chief handled it like a pro, gamely mugging for the camera as young Claudia Moser, daughter of journalist Laura Moser, wailed in front of him. Though the picture was taken nearly two months ago, it only surfaced on Thursday, when Claudia’s uncle, _New York Times_ columnist Benjamin Moser, Tweeted it out. “This really might be the best picture ever: my niece Claudia throwing a fit at Passover,” he [wrote](https://twitter.com/BenjaminFMoser/status/601437345733185536). > [](https://twitter.com/BenjaminFMoser/status/601437345733185536) “My daughter is an Internet meme!” Laura later [Tweeted](https://twitter.com/lcmoser/status/601499139352952832), also sharing the photo. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/toddler-throws-tantrum-in-front-of-president-obama-photo) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ## Transcript [00:00] I want men to take up this mantel. So that their [00:04] daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from [00:06] prejudice. But also, so that their sons have permission [00:11] to be vulnerable and human too. Reclaim those parts [00:15] of themselves they abandoned. And in doing so. 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