--- title: WATCH: “Kid President” Meets President of the United States description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/archive/7182909/watch-kid-president-meets-president-of-the-united-states/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-04-05T19:59:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-18T07:07:26.599Z article:section: Politics og:title: WATCH: “Kid President” Meets President of the United States og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86e54385f49fc112/698b22ffe6e84aa53d2ba592/screen-shot-2013-04-05-at-3-58-05-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) # WATCH: “Kid President” Meets President of the United States by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Apr 5, 2013 7:59 PM UTC  by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Apr 5, 2013 7:59 PM UTC 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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