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# WATCH: “Kid President” Meets President of the United States

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If you haven’t caught the White House’s [April Fool’s video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byDhm-E-YE) by now, which featured adorable 9-year-old Randy Novak — a.k.a. [YouTube star](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzvRx%5FjohoA-YabI6FWcU-jL6nKA1Um-t) “Kid President” — here’s a chance to see him come face-to-face with the Commander in Chief himself.

The two have some history together — President Obama teamed up with Kid President [to promote the annual White House Easter Egg Roll in February](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/22/obama-teams-up-with-youtube-star-for-adorable-easter-egg-roll-invitation/) — but hadn’t met face to face.

On Thursday the White House released a video of Kid President and grown-up President discussing the very important issue of how kids and adults can work together, while Obama gave Novak a small tour of the Oval Office. Novak even got to pick up the phone at the big desk, while Obama warned him jokingly not to cause an international incident.

(**MORE**: [Obama Teams Up with YouTube Star For Adorable Easter Egg Roll Invitation)](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/22/obama-teams-up-with-youtube-star-for-adorable-easter-egg-roll-invitation/)

In a particularly heart-warming moment, Novak asks the president to explain a telegraph. “Before there were phones, before there was the Internet, before there was YouTube, a telegraph is what you used to communicate from far away,” Obama replied. How’s that for a history lesson?

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